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THOMAS GEORGE BRUBAKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1950 – December 25, 1970
Service recordThomas George Brubaker, of Sutter, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Sutter, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 7
- HENRY EDWARD SANTEESpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
- JOSEPH C SPENCE JRFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES TECCOLance Corporal · December 24, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1970
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.