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BRUCE EDWARD HAHN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1948 – May 6, 1970
Service recordBruce Edward Hahn, of Ossineke, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Ossineke, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 112
- PHILLIP RALPH HARDINLance Corporal · May 6, 1970
- RICHARD A HAWLEY JRCaptain · May 6, 1970
- FRANK SANCHEZ HERNANDEZSergeant · May 6, 1970
- LARRY GENE KIERStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SYLVESTER ELLISCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 111
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 114
From Ossineke
- ROBERT RANDALL CECILPetty Officer First Class · July 13, 1972
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.