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BRUCE JOHN GUEX
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 26, 1949 – March 6, 1969
Service recordBruce John Guex, of Shawano, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 54
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Shawano, Wisconsin (Shawano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 54
- WILLIAM LYLE GOUGHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT GRABBESpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- GLENN BRANSON HAINES JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
From Shawano
- RALPH FREDENBERGSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- ALAN EDWARD SINGERSergeant · May 4, 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.