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BRUCE HAROLD BARDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – April 26, 1970
Service recordBruce Harold Bardon, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 56
- GERARD FRANCIS OCONNORWarrant Officer 1 · April 26, 1970
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSCorporal · April 26, 1970
- MANUEL ROMERO TORRESSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- JOSE GILBERTO VAZQUEZStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST LEROY THORSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 54
From Quincy
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- JOHN CRAIG ARNOLDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · May 11, 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.