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ROGER STEVEN BRISKIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1947 – March 31, 1967
Service recordRoger Steven Briskin, of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 77
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Wynnewood, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- 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
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 77
- WALLACE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- ROBERT LANOUE BALDWINMajor · March 31, 1967
- KENNETH LESTER BRESHEARSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
From Wynnewood
- EDWARD M MCILVAIN IIISpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- BRUCE BRIANT GREENECaptain · December 13, 1968
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.