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BRUCE CHARLES FARRELL
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 27, 1935 – October 8, 1963
Service recordBruce Charles Farrell, of San Francisco, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 30
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Corps (2105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- June 27, 1935
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 30
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- LARRY DUANE JAMESONSergeant · October 8, 1963
- CLAUDE RICEHospitalman · October 8, 1963
- ARTHUR GENE RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1963
From San Francisco
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 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.