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WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – September 5, 1967
Service recordWilliam Robert Brennan, of Patchogue, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Patchogue, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 113
- DIETER HANS BURGERStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- ELMER DON BYRDSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID CALVITTISpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELMER DON BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 113
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 114
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 1
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 2
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 3
- BRAVIE SOTOSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 4
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 5
From Patchogue
- CARMINE ANTHONY CERVELLINOSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- RICHARD DAVID KALERLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- RAYMOND SENTER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- FRANK CLARK FISHERCorporal · August 27, 1967
- JUSTIN RICHARD SPISTOCaptain · March 4, 1970
- FRANK MICHAEL PERRY JRCorporal · May 31, 1970
- FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1971
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.