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WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUN
Captain · U.S. Army
December 15, 1931 – July 5, 1965
Service recordWilliam Forbes Eisenbraun, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on July 5, 1965, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 27
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 15, 1931
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 5, 1965
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 27
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- ALVIN CHESTERLance Corporal · July 5, 1965
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- WILLIAM ARTHUR OBERGPrivate First Class · July 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ALFRED MUSA JRSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 28
From Santa Ana
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JOHN HARRY JOHNSONSergeant Major · July 12, 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.