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BRUCE E JOHNSTON III
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – June 1, 1968
Service recordBruce E Johnston III, of Raynham, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Raynham, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 3
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · June 1, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JOSEPH CEPHUS KING JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- HAROLD JOSEPH KNITTLECorporal · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE DEAN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 21
- THOMAS GILBERT HUGHESSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 2
- HAROLD JOSEPH KNITTLECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- MICHAEL GEORGE SAKELLARISSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 6
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 7
- LOREN DOUGLAS WHITECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 8
From Raynham
- JAMES BRIAN MCGARRYSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 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.