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BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLAN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1937 – April 11, 1968
Service recordBruce Francis McMillan, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 24
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- August 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 24
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MCFARLANEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL NICHOLSLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- JOHN ARLEIGH NIXONCorporal · April 11, 1968
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT STANLEY CROKELance Corporal · April 27, 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.