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RICHARD CONRAD BRUNN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1943 – February 25, 1969
Service recordRichard Conrad Brunn, of Westfield, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 43
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Westfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 43
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BASTYRLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- MARTIN T BATCHELOR JRSergeant · February 25, 1969
- HAROLD DOUGLAS BILLERSpecialist Five · February 25, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY BROGANPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
From Westfield
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · January 29, 1966
- ARTHUR CLIFTON RETZLAFFFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- RONALD JOHN SELIGLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD GARY LEWISWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT THEODORE MILLERSergeant · January 19, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM PRICESpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- DANIEL CLEMENT NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH BACHMANFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 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.