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WILLIAM ANDREW BRABANT
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – October 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Andrew Brabant, of Clayton, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 28
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Clayton, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 28
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE WOODPetty Officer First Class · October 7, 1968
- HARRY WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- GEORGE ALAN BONDLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVE JOSEPH LEONE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 29
- JAMES THOMAS LONGCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 30
- GERALD SAMOLEJSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 32
From Clayton
- LAWRENCE EDWARD BISONETTPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
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.