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THOMAS DREW BRINDLEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1943 – January 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Drew Brindley, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 83
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 28, 1943
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 83
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL YAWORSKYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- JAMES HENRY BASS JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM BRYANCorporal · January 20, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.