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BOHDAN PETER BRYDUN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – December 10, 1967
Service recordBohdan Peter Brydun, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 71
- RHINE HART BOGERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- LARRY LEE BOICELance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 71
- SAMUEL VIEL BULLOCH JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 72
- RANDY EUGENE DILLINDERCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 72
- WILLIAM PETER FARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 73
- BARRY EDWARD FELDMANNCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 73
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 73
- JOHN JOSEPH FULLAM JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 73
- MANUEL MARTINEZ GONZALESCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 74
- BILLY ALLEN KELSALLSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 75
- DREW DOUGLAS SHIPLEYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 77
- WALKER SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 77
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 78
- MELVIN DEWAYNE SODOWSKYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 78
- JAMES EARL WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 79
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.