More detail on this person: When Rick
completed his active duty time he joined the
National Guard amd retired as a CW4. He earned
an engineering degree and worked for the Corps of
Engineers, spending four years in Saudi Arabia and
later retiring from NASA.
Survivors include his wife, Nina Yager Brunell:
daughters, Carolyn Aycock, Stephanie Brunell and
Kristin DeBonis and husband, Heath. Also included
are three grandchildren, three sisters and
mumerous nieces and nephews.
Rich Brunell was an active member of the Good
Shepherd Catholic Church. He also was an active
member of the North Alabama Chapter, Vietnam
Helicopter Pilots Association. He was looking
forward to the Chapters project of restoring our
UH-1C Huey.
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