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BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROM
Captain · U.S. Navy
October 18, 1927 – December 2, 1966
Service recordBruce August Nystrom, of Marion, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on December 2, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 6
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 172
- Born
- October 18, 1927
- Home of record
- Marion, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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 13E, Line 6
- GEORGE WOOD ALEXANDERLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- J C KELSEYAirman First Class · December 2, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY MONROE OLEARYTechnical Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
From Marion
- ALLAN HENRY SCHULZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE SPICERCorporal · March 1, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE HICKMANChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1968
- JAMES CAUDILLLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- ERVIN BRADLEY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
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.