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VERNON EDWARD BRACKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1945 – August 29, 1966
Service recordVernon Edward Brackins, of Pasadena, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 56
- CHARLES THOMAS MCCORKLEPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- RICHARD ARNOLD OSTEEN JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- WALTER LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
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.