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BRUCE LEE ROTHHAAR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1947 – May 13, 1967
Service recordBruce Lee Rothhaar, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 112
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 112
- WILLIAM ARDIE RUSHChief Petty Officer · May 13, 1967
- VIDAL SANCHEZ JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS SARAKASPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SCHARIBONEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.