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MICHAEL JAMES BRUNNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1945 – January 9, 1968
Service recordMichael James Brunner, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 5
- SISTO BOJORQUEZ BOJORQUEZPrivate · January 9, 1968
- RANDOLPH TODD BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LEE MARVIN CAPERSSergeant · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
From Marshfield
- VERNAL GLEN MARTINPrivate · August 8, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- LOREN RAY MILLARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 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.