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BRUCE DOUGLAS KIEME
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1949 – July 24, 1970
Service recordBruce Douglas Kieme, of Brandon, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Brandon, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 49
- EDWARD FRANCIS GLENN JRCorporal · July 24, 1970
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- EDWARD GEORGE KILUK JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILTSE LEE WEBERCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 50
From Brandon
- THOMAS WYATT HARRISCorporal · September 6, 1968
- ERNEST LEE JOHNSSpecialist Four · May 13, 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.