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RICHARD ALLEN BRUECK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – March 9, 1970
Service recordRichard Allen Brueck, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Berrien Springs, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 99
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- LARRY WILLIAM COTTENFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1970
- JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 98
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 99
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 100
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 101
From Berrien Springs
- DAVID DENNIS BERKHOLZSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- BOBBY GENE HANEYCorporal · March 14, 1970
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.