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BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1946 – September 19, 1966
Service recordBruce Burton Backeberg, of Helena, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Helena, Montana (Lewis And Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 116
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- JERRY LEON BRANSONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- FRANK MONROE BROWN JRLieutenant · September 19, 1966
- MANUEL LEROY CARROLLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
From Helena
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ROY FRANK SRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 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.