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ROBERT GENE BRIGHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – January 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Gene Brigham, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 64
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 64
- LOUIS WILLIAM BRANCHSpecialist Five · January 7, 1968
- THOMAS NEAL BREWERLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD BRUCKNERSergeant · January 7, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN EDWARD COALSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 66
- ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ-LESTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 66
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.