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ROBERT MICHAEL BRUPBACHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – June 6, 1969
Service recordRobert Michael Brupbacher, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 84
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 84
- WILLIAM HENRY CLEVENGERSergeant Major · June 6, 1969
- JOHN PHILIP CRAIGCorporal · June 6, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CRUSIE JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD CYRANSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.