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JOHN MARTIN BRUCHER
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 16, 1936 – February 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Martin Brucher, of Clatskanie, Oregon, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 18, 1969, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 52
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 44 TFS KORAT AB
- Born
- August 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Clatskanie, Oregon (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 18, 1969
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 52
- REGINALD JOSEPH RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- ULYSSES BATTLESergeant First Class · February 18, 1969
- ARTHUR LEROY BROWN SRSergeant · February 18, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
From Clatskanie
- GEORGE LOUIS KING JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- ROBERT CARROL MOLLENHOURPrivate First Class · August 6, 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.