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VERLYN CARL BRUNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – January 11, 1970
Service recordVerlyn Carl Bruns, of Waverly, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 25
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Waverly, Iowa (Bremer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 25
- RICHARD DAVID CHORLINSCaptain · January 11, 1970
- JERRY MAX CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD DARNELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM SALTERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GROVER COLEMAN BOWERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 24
- ROY ROBERT LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 27
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 27
From Waverly
- DONALD PAUL MCGRANEPetty Officer Second Class · July 19, 1967
- PAUL LLOYD MILIUSCaptain · February 27, 1968
- THOMAS ALAN PORTERCorporal · February 20, 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.