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BRUCE EDWARD LAWRENCE
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 12, 1943 – July 5, 1968
Service recordBruce Edward Lawrence, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 5, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 TFS
- Born
- January 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 5, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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 53W, Line 21
- CARROLL STEPHEN DIEUDONNEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE EUGENE JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JACK PAHL JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
From Phillipsburg
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ALBERT ALEYA OUTWATER JRSergeant · July 21, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MARCANTONIPrivate · April 10, 1968
- ARTHUR MORTIMER ROWEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR MARASONCorporal · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · October 9, 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.