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PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMET
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – March 3, 1970
Service recordPaul Douglas Brummet, of Willows, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 77
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Willows, California (Glenn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 77
- LARRY DUANE ARONHALTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD BURTON JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 3, 1970
- KENNETH SAMUEL DEEFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1970
- ANTHONY GOLSONCorporal · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BURTON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 77
- DANNY DEAN HANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- RICHARD VICTOR PAWLAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 79
- JARED BRUCE WALDINGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 80
From Willows
- ERNEST BEAUEL HANKS IIIPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.