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GARY WILLIAM BRUHN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1949 – October 24, 1969
Service recordGary William Bruhn, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 111
- CHARLES V REDDING IIICorporal · October 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ADAYSpecialist Four · October 24, 1969
- STEVEN BOALFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1969
- BENTON BROWNSergeant · October 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS DEMARCHESSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 112
- JERRY LEON WAGESSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 115
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.