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JACK WALTER BRUNSON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 14, 1949 – May 31, 1971
Service recordJack Walter Brunson, of Sinclairville, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1971, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 59
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Sinclairville, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1971. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 59
- MITCHELL ODELL BARNESSergeant · May 30, 1971
- ROBERT KEITH CAIN IIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1971
- ERVIN BENJAMIN CHERRYSergeant First Class · May 30, 1971
- ROY MICHAEL SEABROOKPrivate · May 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN JOHN KEARNSSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 60
- CLINTON ALLEN MUSIL SRCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 60
From Sinclairville
- PETER ALAN KIDDSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
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.