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BRUCE EDWARD LARGE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1945 – July 25, 1967
Service recordBruce Edward Large, of Sturgis, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 119
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Sturgis, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 119
- JERRY DALE GOOCHSpecialist Four · July 25, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- JOHN LARRY JEFFERSSpecialist Four · July 25, 1967
- HERBERT LAMAR LUNSFORDColonel · July 25, 1967
From Sturgis
- PEDRO ANDRE SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1967
- IRVILLE J KNOXPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- GREGORY JOHN CROSSMANMajor · April 25, 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.