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RICHARD ALBERT BRUNNOW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 15, 1949 – September 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Albert Brunnow, of East Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 15, 1949
- Home of record
- East Paterson, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 23
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS TAYLORPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- EDDIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- PAUL E YONKIETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- DENNIS CLAYTON BOONESpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
From East Paterson
- JERALD ALBERT SLATERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK PREZIOSISergeant · January 31, 1968
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.