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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Nicholas Edward Bruznack.

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NICHOLAS EDWARD BRUZNACK

Specialist Six · U.S. Army

August 28, 1935 – September 17, 1967

Service record

Nicholas Edward Bruznack, of Mt Carmel, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26E · Line 81

Position of Panel 26E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Six (SP6)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Born
August 28, 1935
Home of record
Mt Carmel, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 17, 1967
Age
32
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 26E, Line 81

From Mt Carmel

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.