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DAVID LEROY BRUNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1944 – May 13, 1966
Service recordDavid Leroy Brunson, of Dillon, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Born
- February 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Dillon, South Carolina (Dillon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 56
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- TOMMY RYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DALLAS CLYDE YOUNG JRSergeant · May 12, 1966
- MELVIN GLENN CORMIERSergeant · May 13, 1966
From Dillon
- JOSEPH HARRY SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- LUTHER BETHEA JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- GALEN SPINKS MILESPrivate First Class · September 9, 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.