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BRUCE LEO CAREY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 19, 1944 – February 18, 1968
Service recordBruce Leo Carey, of Troy, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 18, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 2
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 2
- JEFFREY R BYRNEWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1968
- DARRELL LEE CABELLPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- HOWARD R CARPENTER JRLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- JOAQUIN CASTROSergeant First Class · February 18, 1968
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
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.