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BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1936 – September 13, 1966
Service recordBruce Ellsworth Jason, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 91
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- June 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 91
- ALONZA EVANSPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- BENJAMIN B FINZERFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- HOWARD WALKER KAISERFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · July 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.