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DAVID KENNETH BRUNING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1945 – March 4, 1968
Service recordDavid Kenneth Bruning, of Rogers City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Rogers City, Michigan (Presque Isle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 61
- GARY JOSEPH BELLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- ALAN DALE CARSONLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- LEONARD ONEAL CHANDLERStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EZRA GAVINPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 64
- MICHAEL DAVID GEISEPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 65
- WILLIE HAYWARD HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 66
- ISRAEL LONZO INGRAMSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 66
- DARREL GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 68
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 69
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 72
- TIMOTHY RICHARD SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 72
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 72
From Rogers City
- FLOYD SANFORD MCCREERYSpecialist Four · January 21, 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.