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BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1941 – March 1, 1966
Service recordBruce Louis Marosites, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 94
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 94
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
From Benton Harbor
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 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.