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WILLIAM MARION BREES JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
October 29, 1945 – October 8, 1968
Service recordWilliam Marion Brees JR, of Greenfield, Indiana, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- October 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Greenfield, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 29
- WYMAN BYRD COLEMANSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- SHERMAN ALVIN FURROW JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- EUGENE HINGLETON JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- STEVE JOSEPH LEONE PERRYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
From Greenfield
- JOHN LARRY MODGLINPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- RODGER DALE HASTESpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MICHAEL LEROY EBERTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- HUGER LEE PHELPSPetty Officer Third Class · February 10, 1969
- NORRIS RAY BORGMANSergeant · January 6, 1970
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.