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BRUCE ALLYN ABDELLAH
Private · U.S. Army
December 15, 1952 – October 26, 1971
Service recordBruce Allyn Abdellah, of East Holden, Maine, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Born
- December 15, 1952
- Home of record
- East Holden, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 50
- CLIFFORD ARTHUR HOSTENSergeant · October 24, 1971
- HARRY DEWITT MCWHINNEY JRSpecialist Five · October 25, 1971
- ELLIOT MATSUOH YOSHIDAPrivate · October 25, 1971
- MICKEY EUGENE EVELANDSpecialist Four · October 26, 1971
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.