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BRUCE CLAYTON BROGOITTI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – August 19, 1968
Service recordBruce Clayton Brogoitti, of Pasadena, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 52
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
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 52
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- STEVEN KEITH BRANDENBURGCorporal · August 19, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- THEOTHIS COLLINSLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD DALE HAWKINSSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
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.