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BRUCE JOEL DUNHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordBruce Joel Dunham, of Mclean, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 119
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Mclean, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 119
- CLINTON LEE DAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- STONEY LEE DEELSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JUAN JAVIER FIGUEROACorporal · June 9, 1969
From Mclean
- SIDNEY B MACLEOD JRCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · September 25, 1968
- DAVID DAWSON PEPPIN JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD MCNULTYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- VYRL EUGENE LEICHLITER JRFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
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.