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THOMAS RICHARD BREWER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – March 15, 1970
Service recordThomas Richard Brewer, of Rochester, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 130
- JOHN JOSEPH BOYD JRSergeant · March 15, 1970
- PAUL DAVID CARSONSergeant · March 15, 1970
- TOMMY DALE COOPERStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1970
- ISIDRO GARCIASpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY ZANE BORDENCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 129
From Rochester
- HOWARD MAXWELL EAKIN JRCaptain · June 5, 1963
- GARY LEONARD MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES EVERETT GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE JAMES SNYDERCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ANDREW JOSEPH FRITSCH IIIStaff Sergeant · August 10, 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.