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GAZZETT BEN BRUNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordGazzett Ben Brunson JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 2
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 2
- FRED DOUGLAS CARTER JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- NICHOLES WILLIAM CHARLESSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- ALONZO CARLTON COLLIERCorporal · May 25, 1968
- MELVIN DALE DECOWLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALONZO CARLTON COLLIERCorporal · Panel 69W, Line 2
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 69W, Line 3
- SAMUEL W PARNELLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 67W, Line 3
- DENNIS RAY SWANTAKStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 5
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.