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HARRY DIETRICH BRUESKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – January 22, 1969
Service recordHarry Dietrich Brueske, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 56
- GEORGE HAYES BARGERStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1969
- ROY GRANT BARNETTELance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- JACK EDWIN CAMPBELLCorporal · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK EDWIN CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 56
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 58
- JERRY PROCTOR LAIRDMajor · Panel 34W, Line 59
- FREDDY ALFORD MCGEESpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 60
- DOUGLAS ALAN ROSSSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 61
- JAMES DAVID STUESSELStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 61
- GILTON WALTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 62
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.