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BRUCE CHARLES SHOVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1950 – January 16, 1971
Service recordBruce Charles Shover, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 50
- TERRY FRANCIS MEZERAWarrant Officer 1 · January 16, 1971
- EARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- REINALDO REIN RODRIGUEZCorporal · January 16, 1971
- ROY RODRIGUEZ SALINASSergeant First Class · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JIM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 49
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 49
- EARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 50
From Marietta
- DENNIS L PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 1971
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.