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BRUCE CHARLES HALBACH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1949 – November 19, 1970
Service recordBruce Charles Halbach, of Stacyville, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 71
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Stacyville, Iowa (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 71
- FRANKLIN ALVIN HAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 1970
- THOMAS LELAND OSTEEN JRCorporal · November 19, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · November 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN ALVIN HAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 71
From Stacyville
- HOWARD MATTHEW BISSENPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JOHN RUSSELL PITZENCaptain · August 17, 1972
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.