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BRUCE EDWARD DOLBOW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordBruce Edward Dolbow, of Felton, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Felton, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 14
- ALLAN GEORGE DECKERLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL BANION DOOLEYStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- GERARD JOSEPH DUNNESergeant · August 25, 1968
From Felton
- ROBERT HUGHES DONAWAYFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 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.