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ROBERT THOMAS BRINKLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1947 – March 26, 1967
Service recordRobert Thomas Brinkley, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 49
- ROBERT EUGENE BRYSONCorporal · March 26, 1967
- CLARENCE JOHN BURLEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- ESIQUIO AIRNALDO CANTUPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- ROLAND A CUTCHINSSergeant · March 26, 1967
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.