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NORMAN CURTIS BRUBAKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1945 – May 15, 1968
Service recordNorman Curtis Brubaker, of Luray, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hawk Fire Control Crewmember (16E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 6 BN 71 ARTY 54 ARTY GRP
- Born
- December 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Luray, Virginia (Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 19
- DAVID RICHARD BINNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- WARDELL BORDERSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- ANDREW JOSEPH BRINZO IIISpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- DONALD DAVID CROWTHERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
From Luray
- LEROY JACKSON PHILLIPSLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
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.