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BRUCE JEFFREY WILDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1946 – May 12, 1968
Service recordBruce Jeffrey Wilder, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 15
- GRIFFIN ELI SCARBOROUGHCaptain · May 12, 1968
- IMLAY SCOTT WIDDISONCorporal · May 12, 1968
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
- ALVY EUGENE WOODPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL A BAILEYCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 29
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- DANIEL JOHN TABABOO JRCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 14
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 1969
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.