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DAVID BRUNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1946 – May 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Bruner, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 2
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
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 2
- ROBERT ERIC BELTSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- DAVIS CARROLL BUTCHERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- LEONARD BALDOMIR CASTILLOSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND CRITESPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 3
- CLAUDE DOUGLAS PULLENPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 11
From Sapulpa
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- MERLE KEITH CARTERFireman · October 22, 1967
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · July 26, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RONALD HERMAN YOUNGConstructionman · April 13, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · May 1, 1970
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.