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WILLIAM JACKSON BREWER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1946 – May 14, 1970
Service recordWilliam Jackson Brewer JR, of Erlanger, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Erlanger, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 39
- FRANK KENNETH BUSHLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
- STEPHEN C CHASINWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
- RICHARD SAVAGE CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- ROBERT K EVEREST IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 38
- ROBERT K EVEREST IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- LAWRENCE RAYMOND GEIGERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 40
- EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 41
- KENNETH MARION WALLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 44
From Erlanger
- GUY ECKMAN MCNAY JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- RODERICK LEE WEISSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOBBPetty Officer First Class · July 23, 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.