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BRUCE LAMAR SIMPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1947 – October 18, 1966
Service recordBruce Lamar Simpson, of Sebring, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Sebring, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 89
- DAVID LESTER DENNYPrivate First Class · October 18, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT SLAGERCorporal · October 18, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- HUBERT TUCK JRPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1966
From Sebring
- EDWIN CHARLES HILLLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- DENNIS SMITH JRCaptain · November 30, 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.