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BRUCE MAGNUS LANGAUNET
Captain · U.S. Army
April 27, 1944 – July 29, 1969
Service recordBruce Magnus Langaunet, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 72
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 72
- DANIEL LEWISLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- MELVIN LOYDPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- CURTIS MARIONPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- ROBERT E MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL MORRIS DENTONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 69
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 70
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 71
- JAMES CARL KOTRCMajor · Panel 20W, Line 71
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 74
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 74
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 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.