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BRUCE MICHAEL SOURS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1947 – April 11, 1969
Service recordBruce Michael Sours, of Concord, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 60
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 60
- CHARLES HENRY MEEKS JRSergeant · April 11, 1969
- PETER LEWIS STITHPetty Officer Second Class · April 11, 1969
- LARRY THOMAS TURNERSergeant · April 11, 1969
- ALFRED WEBB JRPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE HARRY HAVERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 56
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
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.