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BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 20, 1947 – November 15, 1966
Service recordBruce Allan Timmons, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 77
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COASTAL SQ 1 PCF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 77
- WESLEY SHIMODAPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- BUDDY ALFONZA STANLEYStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN STARCHERLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE THORNTONSergeant · November 15, 1966
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
- ALLEN DE-NICOLAStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1967
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.