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BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1945 – December 13, 1969
Service recordBruce Gordon Gustafson, of Bellevue, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 53
- JAMES MICHAEL CHEATHAMCorporal · December 13, 1969
- GARY M GRYZENSergeant · December 13, 1969
- DEARING MICHAEL JACKSONPetty Officer First Class · December 13, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MELVIN JRSergeant · December 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWIN MELVIN JRSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 53
- WALTER ARNOLD PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 54
From Bellevue
- EMMETT RAYMOND MCDONALDMajor · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LESLIE DAZEY JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DAVID RALF DEVIKLance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- RODNEY GALE FRANKStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ADAIRSergeant · January 6, 1970
- RICHARD DEANE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 25, 1970
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.