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BRUCE GARLAND TINDALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1943 – August 24, 1970
Service recordBruce Garland Tindall, of Pittsview, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsview, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 3
- JOHN SYLVESTER NUTWELLSpecialist Five · August 24, 1970
- IVAN LLOYD BARGER JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- RONALD DALE BELARSKISergeant · August 25, 1970
- DONALD GEORGE CHMIELStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ANDREW CASSIN JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 1
From Pittsview
- HURSTON EDWARD WORRELLPrivate First Class · November 29, 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.