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BRUCE LEVY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordBruce Levy, of Elmhurst, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 19
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 19
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- LEWIS PATRICK IORIOSergeant · May 18, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 14
- DAVID GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 18
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 18
- HOWARD RAY SPITZERPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 1
From Elmhurst
- JEAN CLAUDE T E ESNAULTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1963
- IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMANTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- EDUARDO PAUL BRANESSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE TUCKERMajor · October 1, 1967
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · January 10, 1968
- ULDIS JACK MALMANISCorporal · October 9, 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.