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WILLIAM GLENN BREWER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1935 – August 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Glenn Brewer, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 49W, Line 12
- GERALD DAVID BERGERCaptain · August 5, 1968
- STEVEN CARL BLOSSOMSergeant · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE NORMAN COLSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- RONALD LEE DAVIDSONSecond Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY WEST JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 17
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.