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BRUCE NORMAN HUFF
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1944 – May 6, 1968
Service recordBruce Norman Huff, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 9
- DONALD RAY HAYESPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS HOSKINSCaptain · May 6, 1968
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 1
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- JAMES LEE CLARKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 3
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- ORVAL WADE MCLEARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56E, Line 13
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.