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PAUL JOSEPH BRUNO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1936 – July 8, 1965
Service recordPaul Joseph Bruno, of Canaan, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 20, 1936
- Home of record
- Canaan, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 31
- DONALD FRANK MARITPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- RICHARD CRAIG BRAMFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- JACK ORVAL EITELFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE MOODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 32
- HERBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 32
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 32
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.