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BRUCE CLINTON ELKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – November 14, 1970
Service recordBruce Clinton Elkins, of Swannanoa, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 59
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Swannanoa, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 59
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- FRANK RICHARD HITESHUESpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- ROBERT SALAS ROCHASpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
From Swannanoa
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- BILLY GRAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSARD IIICorporal · July 15, 1968
- JAMES ONLEY WEAVERCorporal · December 11, 1968
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.