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RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1948 – May 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Lynn Brumfield, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Denham Springs, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 6
- DUANE CURTIS BOWENSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- MARVIN CLARENCE BRISSSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- JAMES STEPHEN COLOMBEROSpecialist Five · May 28, 1969
- CALVIN EMANUEL COOPERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN CLARENCE BRISSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 6
- GARY WAYNE COXSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 7
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 7
- EARL ARTHUR GODMANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 8
- ALBERT HILERIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 9
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 10
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 11
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 12
- DICK EDWARD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 12
- WILLIAM KENEITH WORDCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 13
From Denham Springs
- JOHN ALTON GIROD JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DOUGLAS GERALD IMPSONPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- BENJAMIN F BENNETT JRPrivate First Class · October 25, 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.