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STEPHEN CHARLES BRISUDA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1942 – October 1, 1965
Service recordStephen Charles Brisuda, of Frackville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 100
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Frackville, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 100
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- CLARENCE EARL MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1965
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
From Frackville
- JOHN JOSEPH FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 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.