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MICHAEL JOSEPH BRULL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – May 8, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph Brull, of Atchison, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Atchison, Kansas (Atchison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 25
- JAMES ELLSWORTH RICKETTS JRLieutenant Colonel · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMSPrivate · May 8, 1969
- LYNN LADELLE STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- ROBERT ELDON TURNERMajor · May 8, 1969
From Atchison
- RICHARD W THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOWLESSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DANNY JOHN PETERSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 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.