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BRUCE EDWARD TEAGUE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1948 – May 16, 1968
Service recordBruce Edward Teague, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 20
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 20
- DANIEL LEDARE UNDERWOODSergeant · May 16, 1968
- FRED THOMPSON URENSergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFFOR VANALLENWarrant Officer 1 · May 16, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD WATSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · July 11, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 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.