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ROBERT CARL BRIX
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1946 – December 12, 1965
Service recordRobert Carl Brix, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 12, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 13
- CEPHAS BARNES JRLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- MERCEDES PEREZ SALINASStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
From Crown Point
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.