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BRUNSON A DERRICK SR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 27, 1909 – March 10, 1971
Service recordBrunson A Derrick SR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 61. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 27, 1909
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1971
- Age
- 61
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 34
- ROBERT JOHN SCHOENHOFFCorporal · March 9, 1971
- BRUCE WOHLRABSpecialist Four · March 9, 1971
- WILLIAM EUGENE BAILEYCaptain · March 10, 1971
- DALE MICHAEL MOZDZENCorporal · March 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DANCY MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 35
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.