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ROBERT HARRIS BRUNS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1947 – December 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Harris Bruns, of Cushing, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 32
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Cushing, Oklahoma (Payne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 32
- PHILIP ALVIN VOLENTINECaptain · December 3, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1967
- SIDNEY EMERY BARBERCorporal · December 4, 1967
- THOMAS PAUL CIECURASpecialist Four · December 4, 1967
From Cushing
- JERRY MONROE MCWHORTERSergeant · March 22, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- ROBERT DON FAIRESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MASONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · May 17, 1968
- DANNY GENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
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.