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BRUCE EDWIN HAZLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – September 26, 1969
Service recordBruce Edwin Hazle, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 10
- DENNIS FRENCHSpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
- RICHARD ALFRED GWINNFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1969
- WILLIAM MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MACHULSpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARLAND LYLE WILKINSONPrivate · Panel 17W, Line 11
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.