Obit: Brux, Gary H. (1938 - 1966)

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Surnames: Brux

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.)   10/20/1966

Brux, Gary H. (5 APR 1938 - 6 OCT 1966)

Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Brux, Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) received work last week from the Secretary of the Army that their son, Capt. Gary H. Brux, 28, died Oct. 6, 1966, while serving with the U.S. military forces in Viet Nam.

The telegram stated that Capt. Brux died as the result of wounds "received while in defensive position, when hit by fragments from hostile mortar rounds."  He had been in Viet Nam since Jan. 13, 1966.

Born at Amery, Wis., on April 5, 1938, Gary Brux came with his parents to Greenwood in May 1946.  He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School, and was a graduate of the Greenwood High School with the class of 1956, and St. Norbert’s College, De Pere, in 1960.  While in college he took R.O.T.C. training and at graduation received the "distinguished military grade."

He attended Airborne and Ranger School in Ft. Benning, Ga., and then was stationed in Hawaii from March 1961 to March 1964.  He received the Bronze Star Medal for "exceptional and commendable performance of duty" in Hawaii.  He then was stationed at Ft. Ord, Monterey, Calif., and attended Special Forces school in Ft. Bragg, N.C., before being sent to Viet Nam, where he was with the airborne brigade advisory detachment as a senior advisor.

In addition to his parents, survivors are the following brothers and sisters: Kathryn, Madison; Dale, Janet, Judith, Monica, Edward, Alan and Mark, at home; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. William Brux Sr., Kaukauna.

Funeral services were held on Friday morning, Oct. 14, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.  Burial was in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery.

As indication of the high esteem Gary had in Greenwood was shown when all business places closed from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon in his honor.