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BRUCE DAVID DICK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1946 – May 9, 1969
Service recordBruce David Dick, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 28
- RICHARD DANIEL CHENEYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER JRStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1969
- TERRANCE BURTON CLANCYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- DARRYL TOD DOMBROSKIPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY LYNN HENRYCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 29
From Peabody
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
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.