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THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1949 – March 7, 1970
Service recordThomas Michael Brockmeier, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 91
- GLENN FREDERICK AUSTINCorporal · March 7, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- JAMES LARRY DOWNSPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 91
- JAMES LARRY DOWNSPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 91
- THEODORE MATTATW ROPCHOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 94
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 94
- THOMAS JAMES WHITLOW JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 95
From Marietta
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 1971
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.