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CHRIS FREDRICK BRUNN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1946 – February 17, 1969
Service recordChris Fredrick Brunn, of East Setauket, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 48
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 25, 1946
- Home of record
- East Setauket, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 48
- MICHAEL ALLEN CLUTEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- PATRICK JAMES DUGANSpecialist Four · February 17, 1969
- ROGER LYNN ELKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- ROSCOE CONKLIN GRAY JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
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.