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ROBERT JAY BRINKMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1948 – April 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Jay Brinkman, of Sheldon, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Sheldon, Iowa (O'brien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 70
- KEITH DOBSON ALLEN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 13, 1969
- LUTHER EDWARD BALL JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- LARRY BRUCE BARFIELDSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY BRUCE BARFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 70
- HARRY PAYNE BURTONSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 71
- GARY JOHN DASHERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 72
- HAROLD LEE GREEVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 27W, Line 73
- KENNETH VERN JENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 74
- BRUCE ERVIN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 74
- TERRY EDWARD JONESSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 74
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ORETOSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 76
From Sheldon
- HARLAN RAY BRANDTSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- ALVIN CHRIS VANRIESENSergeant · May 26, 1968
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 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.