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ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNET
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1947 – September 27, 1967
Service recordEldridge Michael Brunet, of Houma, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Houma, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 18
- WILLIE WHITESergeant · September 26, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND YONGUEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1967
- LOUIS WILLIAM BELLACH JRCorporal · September 27, 1967
- WISELEE SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 27, 1967
From Houma
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- ABRA JOSEPH WOLFE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
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.