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BRUCE KOLTER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1945 – June 17, 1969
Service recordBruce Kolter, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 66
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Wapakoneta, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 66
- RICHARD ALDEN KELLERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DANIEL BING LEDINPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM LOEWSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
From Wapakoneta
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- GARY GENE DETRICKSergeant · April 13, 1969
- RONALD NEAL PARSONSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN OENPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.