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BRUCE CHARLES LEISING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – November 6, 1967
Service recordBruce Charles Leising, of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 32
- BRADFORD STANLEY KINGLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- RICHARD FRANCIS LAIRDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- WALTER WAYNE LEWISLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MICHAELSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LEE AVERYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 27
- ROBERT LESTER CARTERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 28
- JERRY L HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 30
- STEPHEN FRANKLIN JUMPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 31
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 32
- MARTIN FREDERICK STERUDPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 36
From Wauwatosa
- RONALD FREDERICK KITZKELance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- DENNIS WRIGHT KEEFELance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- JEFFREY JOHN KLAVESSpecialist Four · April 29, 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.