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BRUCE FRANCIS ANELLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordBruce Francis Anello, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 4
- HOWARD JAMES ALAIMOLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- SEVERIANO AMADORLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH APPOLONIAPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- GARY MARIO MARTORELLALance Corporal · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD COWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 7
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.