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An F-105D trails fire after being hit by an SA-2 missile over North Vietnam.
An F-105D trails fire after being hit by an SA-2 missile over North Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Edward Alan Brudno.

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EDWARD ALAN BRUDNO

Captain · U.S. Air Force

January 1, 1940 – June 3, 1973

Service record

Edward Alan Brudno, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 3, 1973, in North Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 5E · Line 2

Position of Panel 5E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (Over 120 Days)
Unit (as recorded)
USAF REGIONAL HOSPITAL WESTOVER
Born
January 1, 1940
Home of record
Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 3, 1973
Age
33
Country
North Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1973. In June 1973, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Also on Panel 5E, Line 2

From Quincy

All 27 names from Quincy →

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.