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BRUCE NORMAN COLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1949 – August 5, 1968
Service recordBruce Norman Colson, of Corinth, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Corinth, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 August 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 12
- GERALD DAVID BERGERCaptain · August 5, 1968
- STEVEN CARL BLOSSOMSergeant · August 5, 1968
- WILLIAM GLENN BREWERSergeant · August 5, 1968
- RONALD LEE DAVIDSONSecond Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
From Corinth
- CARL LEE MERCHANTSergeant · March 18, 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.