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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard Bernard Brush.

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RICHARD BERNARD BRUSH

Sergeant · U.S. Army

March 2, 1947 – April 3, 1969

Service record

Richard Bernard Brush, of Nanuet, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 27W · Line 4

Position of Panel 27W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Field Artillery Basic (13A)
Unit (as recorded)
SB 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
Born
March 2, 1947
Home of record
Nanuet, New York (Rockland County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 3, 1969
Age
22
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Nanuet

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.