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| Name | Narrative | Branch and Rank | Unit and Specialty | Conflict/Arena | Born/Died |
| Harry H. Brunt, Jr. | Harry Herman Brunt, Jr. was born January 22, 1921 to Harry H. Brunt, Sr, and Anna F. Zurbrugg Brunt, then of Hazel Avenue in Delanco. By 1930 the family had moved on to Riverton, during which time he graduated from Moorestown Friends School, then Virginia Tech with a BS with honors in 1942. He went on to earn his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1945. He achieved diplomate from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1951. Dr. Brunt served in the Army Medical Corps from 1946 to 1948, post WWII, earning the rank of Captain. In 1948 he married Zoe May Bower. Dr. Brunt had a long and distinguished career in psychiatry, serving as the first Medical Director and Chief Administrator of the New Jersey State Hospital at Ancora, and subsequently at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. He completed his medical career in private practice in Wall and on Long Beach Island where he retired in 2000. He was an avid educator, and teaching medical students and residents was one of his most gratifying accomplishments. Dr. Brunt held teaching positions at Philadelphia area medical schools including Penn, Jefferson, Temple, and Robert Wood Johnson. Dr. Brunt served the mental health community throughout his life, as leader in the American Psychiatric Association, where he served as Speaker of the Assembly from 1971-72, and Board of Trustees from 1972-75. He was also a founding Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists in 1964. He also served as president of the NJ Neuropsychiatric Association and in the Medical Society of New Jersey. He moved to Long Beach Island in 1987, and continued his volunteer activities as Commodore of Beach Haven Yacht Club from 1992-93, as well as many years as club Fleet Surgeon. Dr. Brunt died on January 6, 2007 in Thomas Jefferson Hospital at age 85. Zoe died in 2015, both are interred in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Bear, Delaware. | US Army Med Corps Capt | ? Psychiatry | Post WWII Montgomery AL | 1921 - 2007 |
Updated October 30, 2023