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BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1949 – July 4, 1968
Service recordBruce Anderson Murray, of Manhattan Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 7
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Manhattan Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 7
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL BOSWORTH JRFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1968
- BRADLEY D BOWERSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
From Manhattan Beach
- MARK EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN MOORELance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- OWEN EDWARD MEBUSTSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1968
- ROGER DEAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MELVILLEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · May 24, 1969
- STEPHEN AYER JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1969
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.