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BRUCE ARMAND PAQUETTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1944 – October 13, 1967
Service recordBruce Armand Paquette, of St Johnsbury, Vermont, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 102
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1944
- Home of record
- St Johnsbury, Vermont (Caledonia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 102
- GEORGE W LOCKE JRSecond Lieutenant · October 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JULIUS MILLERSeaman Apprentice · October 13, 1967
- BOYD ELLIS MORROWMajor · October 13, 1967
- WAYNE RICHARD POLLARDLance Corporal · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 99
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 104
From St Johnsbury
- PAUL DOUGLAS LACROIXStaff Sergeant · December 18, 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.