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LOUIS BRUNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1928 – May 23, 1969
Service recordLouis Brunson, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 87
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 30, 1928
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 87
- RUDOLPH GEORGE MACHATAStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- AUBREY REID MAYSPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- GENE LAMAR WAREPetty Officer Second Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HENRY KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 85
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.