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JAMES PAUL DEBRULER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – May 21, 1966
Service recordJames Paul Debruler, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHD USAD 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 94
- LOUIS BUCKLEY JRSergeant First Class · May 21, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS CLOUTIERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
- DANIEL LEON MORTLance Corporal · July 17, 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.