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JOHN LOUIS BRUMBAUGH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1949 – February 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Louis Brumbaugh JR, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Martinsburg, West Virginia (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 91
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JOHN C BROWNINGSergeant · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT RONALD BUCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JOHN ALLEN BUSCHKESergeant · February 23, 1969
From Martinsburg
- CHARLIE KENNETH SCATESSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1967
- JEFFREY STEPHEN HATISONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE GREENFIELDPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.