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DAVID CHARLES BRUGGEMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1946 – April 1, 1972
Service recordDavid Charles Bruggeman, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 126
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 126
- DALE WAYNE FARRISStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1972
- JAMES MUIR MCCRACKENSergeant First Class · March 31, 1972
- JOHN ANTHONY JELICHChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 1972
- JAMES DOUGLAS OWENSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1972
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.