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BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1947 – January 25, 1969
Service recordBruce Edward Deerinwater, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 January 25, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 74
- JOE ROSCOE BOSWELLStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- ANIBAL SYLVIA CABRAL JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- SANFORD CLOSE JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- JAMES RANDALL COPELANDCorporal · January 25, 1969
From Mcalester
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
- FRANKIE GUY BAKERPrivate · March 5, 1971
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.