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WESLEY CRAIG BRENNO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1945 – March 28, 1967
Service recordWesley Craig Brenno, of Larson, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Larson, North Dakota (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 60
- CURTIS RICHARD BAKERLieutenant · March 28, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BARBERPrivate · March 28, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- DENNIS LEE BERTSCHINGERSpecialist Four · March 28, 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.