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MICHAEL LESTER BRUNDAGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1944 – August 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Lester Brundage, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 39
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 39
- KENNETH JAMES HAMRICKMajor · August 14, 1969
- JAMES BORLAND HIEMENZSergeant · August 14, 1969
- HORATIO WILLIAM HURSTONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES KILWINESergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH GLEN GOODNESSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 38
- JOHN STANLEY HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 38
- RICKEY EUGENE SWANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 42
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.