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ROBERT JAMES BROCKMANN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1943 – October 7, 1966
Service recordRobert James Brockmann, of Hoboken, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 55
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Hoboken, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 55
- GARY WILLIAM BRAASCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN CANOVAPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ORMAN LEE CROSSLEY JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
From Hoboken
- HANS KARL BRETSCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- WILLIAM FESKENPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · August 29, 1967
- LUIS ORTIZ-CORREDORLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- LARRY JAMES HIGHPrivate First Class · September 23, 1967
- RAYMOND JAMES BRERETONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- NATHAN CHARLES LUNAPIENASergeant · February 22, 1969
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.