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DOUGLAS JOHN BRUSTMAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1946 – August 13, 1969
Service recordDouglas John Brustman, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 28
- NELSON ANDINOPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- ALFRED BARNES JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- PAUL V BARRINGTON JRSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD LEE BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · August 13, 1969
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.