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RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – December 28, 1968
Service recordRonald Wayne Brutscher, of Walla Walla, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 83
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Walla Walla, Washington (Walla Walla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 83
- R W GIPSONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1968
- GERALD WOODSCorporal · December 27, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTOGNINI IIISergeant · December 28, 1968
- GERALD DAVID MARKLANDWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWIN FERGUSONCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 84
- ALVIN WARNER ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 87
- JOSEPH RICHARD TWIGG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 1
From Walla Walla
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- ROBERT GERALD NALLYHospitalman · March 17, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JAMES A NEISESSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- DAVID LE ROY MCRAEStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- LARRY JAMES HANLEYMajor · November 4, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · November 27, 1969
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
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.