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BRUCE ALAN MCNEIL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 2, 1949 – October 30, 1970
Service recordBruce Alan McNeil, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Power Plants Mechanic, T-64 (6123)
- Born
- July 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 29
- LARRY EMERSON HENDRICKPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1970
- OSCAR ROBERT LAYPORTECorporal · October 30, 1970
- JOHN PAUL MUSICHSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 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.