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SAMUEL WALTER BREWER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1941 – August 28, 1966
Service recordSamuel Walter Brewer, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 AVN CO 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1941
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 53
- ROBERT CURTIS BORTON JRGunnery Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR FINKELLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- JAMES AURTHUR DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.