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BRUCE HOWARD BUMGARNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – December 13, 1967
Service recordBruce Howard Bumgarner, of Vallejo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 85
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 85
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM POWELL JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- ROBERT ELWOOD BENNETT IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT DEWITT BERTASpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GENE FRANCIS LEESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 88
- KENNETH R STUBBLEFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 89
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
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.