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BRUCE ARNOLD BAIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 26, 1951 – September 10, 1970
Service recordBruce Arnold Bain, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 51
- DWAING USRY MCGIFFSergeant First Class · September 7, 1970
- GARY RALPH FRIENDSergeant · September 9, 1970
- WILFORD AVON YOUNGSergeant · September 9, 1970
- MERRITT ADAMSSergeant · September 10, 1970
- JOHN J ARTEAGALance Corporal · September 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH EARL JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 53
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 53
- ERNESTO VICTOR SALAZARCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 54
From Taylor
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.