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BRUCE JONATHAN ROTH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1947 – December 29, 1967
Service recordBruce Jonathan Roth, of Park Ridge, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radar Repairman (5931)
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 97
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- DENNIS CAROL SMITHPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- MILTON WARREN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- GERALD GORDON VANBURENLieutenant Colonel · December 29, 1967
From Park Ridge
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- ALLEN GEORGE FRENCHLance Corporal · August 15, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · May 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALAN FIESTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 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.