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BRUCE EDWARD KANE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1949 – August 9, 1969
Service recordBruce Edward Kane, of Deer Park, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1969, in Laos, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Advanced Avionics Technician-Trainee (6351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HML 367 MAG 36 1 MAW FMFPAC
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Deer Park, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HML 367 MAG 36 1 MAW FMFPAC”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 119
- EDWARD EUGENE BECK JRGunnery Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- MICHAEL WARD KIRKPATRICKLieutenant (junior grade) · August 9, 1969
- DONALD HENRY MCMAINS JRStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT SEIBERTSpecialist Four · August 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JAMES JANOUSEKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 118
From Deer Park
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- GEORGE BERNARD HESSEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER LACKNERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 1970
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.