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RICHARD CHARLES BRULE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 12, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordRichard Charles Brule, of Warren, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Warren, Rhode Island (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 69
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · May 20, 1970
- DAVID LEON DAILEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1970
- SALVADOR GUTIERREZ DURANStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER JAMES PENNUCCICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 71
- RANDALL CRAIG VANHAITSMACorporal · Panel 10W, Line 71
From Warren
- LESTER MICHAEL DERISOPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- EDWARD CHESTER KRAWCZYKCaptain · May 5, 1968
- RONALD JAMES WILKINSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
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.