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RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1947 – December 14, 1965
Service recordRichard Joseph Brunke, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 16
- JAMES CARL KINDELCaptain · December 14, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- EUGENE DOYCE DOLLARSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
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.