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BRUCE PAUL NETTESHEIM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1944 – April 25, 1968
Service recordBruce Paul Nettesheim, of Sussex, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Sussex, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALBERT BROOKSCorporal · April 25, 1968
- JERRY DOYNE MCMANUSCorporal · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID NODDINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- CARMINE NOVEMBRECorporal · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT BURCIAGASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- ARTURO OLIVARES-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- PATRICK JOHN GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 5
- DENNIS WAYNE HOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 6
- HENRY THURMAN MCCRIMMONSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 8
- ANIBAL ORTIZ-RIVERA JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 12
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 12
From Sussex
- MICHAEL JAY WILSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.