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BRUCE CHARLES CANDRL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – July 14, 1970
Service recordBruce Charles Candrl, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 16
- JAMES LEE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 14, 1970
- PAUL GERALD GUIMONDStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
- JAMES THOMAS HEMBREE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
- HARRY ELMER LAUCKSpecialist Four · July 14, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.