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ROBERT WADE BRUNSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1943 – October 11, 1970
Service recordRobert Wade Brunson, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 124
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · October 9, 1969
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · October 9, 1969
- DONNY LYNN TUCKERLance Corporal · October 10, 1970
- FRANK LEONARD WILSONSpecialist Four · October 10, 1970
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.