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ROBERT NEWTON BRUMET
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 22, 1927 – April 9, 1964
Service recordRobert Newton Brumet, of New Plymouth, Idaho, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 9, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 22, 1927
- Home of record
- New Plymouth, Idaho (Payette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1964
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1964. In April 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 48
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · April 10, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
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.