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RICHARD E BRUNDRETTE JR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 14, 1938 – December 1, 1972
Service recordRichard E Brundrette JR, of Graniteville, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 1, 1972, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 93
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Born
- January 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Graniteville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1972
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1972; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 93
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
- BOBBY MARVIN JONESMajor · November 28, 1972
- ANTHONY CAMERON SHINELieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1972
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
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.