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BRUCE EDWARD COLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – July 7, 1969
Service recordBruce Edward Coley, of Freehold, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 74
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Freehold, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 74
- STEVEN KARL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1969
- HAROLD ANTHONY COXSergeant · July 7, 1969
- RONNIE LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 74
From Freehold
- WALTER FRANCIS WROBLESKIChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 21, 1967
- BARTON EDWARD HAYNESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ANTHONY DAPONTECorporal · May 28, 1968
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · August 7, 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.