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MICHAEL LEE BRUMMER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 10, 1950 – April 23, 1971
Service recordMichael Lee Brummer, of Jewett, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 3
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Jewett, Illinois (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 3
- LEONARD REZASergeant · April 22, 1971
- JOHN GUSTAVE SCHWARTZSergeant · April 22, 1971
- TERRY E SCHWARTZSpecialist Five · April 22, 1971
- ROBERT B YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD COLLUMCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 4
- JAMES RONALD FIRKUSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 4
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.