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PETER BRUM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordPeter Brum, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 4
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 4
- MARTIN EARL BROPHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- BARRY LYNN BROWNCaptain · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 6
- GARLAND GENE HALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 15
- GLENN EDWARD NICHOLSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 24
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 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.