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DONALD DEAN BRUBAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1950 – September 28, 1971
Service recordDonald Dean Brubaker, of Oregon City, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Oregon City, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 28
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1971
- JOHN JULLIANO KINTAROCaptain · September 27, 1971
- HERSHEL GALE ROGERSCaptain · September 27, 1971
- RONALD BENTON RUEPPELFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1971
From Oregon City
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- GARY LYLE KESTLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DWIGHT HAYESSergeant · February 6, 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.