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JAMES WOODROW BRIGHAM Deceased upon return from wounds.
Branch/Rank: United States Army/E4 Unit: A/65th Engineers, 25th Infanty Division MOS: 12B20 Combat Engineer Date of Birth: Home City of Record: OCALA FL Date of Loss: 13 September 1968 Country of Loss: South Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 112700 North 1061100 East Status (in 1973): Releasee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground Missions: Other Personnel in Incident: Refno: 1278 Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: information provided by Col. Frederick J. Charles, III, P.E., U.S. Army (Ret.); raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action Combat Casualty File. REMARKS: 690101 RELEASED DECEASED since return ---------------------- From - Tue Jul 14 10:25:43 1998 Subject: SP4 James Woodrow Brigham, Ocala, FL I learned of your net via the Casualty Search Page which was mentioned in Readers Digest. Your pages list him a Deceased since return, but I thought you might be interested in some of the rest of his story. SP4 Brigham was a 12B20 Combat Engineer in A/65th Engineers, 25th Infanty Division. I was his company commander. He was part of a small mine sweep team clearing the road north of Nui Ba Din in Tay Ninh Province on 13 Sep 68. They had a platoon of mech infantry as security (headed by an engineer lieutenant assigned to infantry because of a lack of infantry officers). The sweep party was ambushed and took four KIA, one also from my company. SP4 Brigham was blown off of a M113 and was last seen running into a small village nearby. He was reported as a MIA, but numerous citings were recorded of four POWs being held in War Zone C. He was one of those four and was released on 1 Jan 69 after extensive negotiations with the VC/NVA. I learned later from an NCO from A Company that I encountered in the US that SP4 Brigham had suffered injuries in captivity and was taken to Walter Reed where it was determined that the injuries were untreatable. He was able to return to his home in Florida where he later died from those injuries. He is listed in the No Quarter data base as having died 17 January 1969 in Tay Ninh. That is obviously not quite correct although it does say he died of wounds. Nor is his being listed as a 11B20 correct. He was a 12B20 combat engineer and served with distinction as such. You have done a great job with your home page. A truly fine service to the nation and its fallen and missing heros. Thanks. -- Frederick J. Charles, III, P.E. Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)
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