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BRUCE ELWIN MANSFIELD
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 7, 1934 – June 5, 1966
Service recordBruce Elwin Mansfield, of East Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 11
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 7, 1934
- Home of record
- East Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 11
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- RUFUS LADELL JAMESAirman First Class · June 5, 1966
- DONALD FREDERICK LEUTHOLDSergeant First Class · June 5, 1966
- ANTONE PATRICK MARKSTechnical Sergeant · June 5, 1966
From East Providence
- JOHN DUTRA ANDRADESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- WILLIAM GREGORY SILVASergeant · May 29, 1967
- DANIEL ROBERT DYEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM PIGOTTCaptain · May 18, 1969
- GEORGE LEANDER BOURNEHospitalman · August 7, 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.