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BRUCE CALVIN CHRISTIAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – September 8, 1968
Service recordBruce Calvin Christian, of Snohomish, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 1
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Snohomish, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 1
- THOMAS WALTER BARNARDMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1968
- RONALD BLAIR CLARKPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- GERALD JOSEPH CLARKSONPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- DALLAS REESE PRIDEMORESergeant First Class · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICKEY LYNN SWATSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 6
From Snohomish
- CHARLES C PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1967
- OWEN TED MCCANDLISFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1970
- LARRY DOUGLAS ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · July 13, 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.