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BRUCE POLESETSKY
Private · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – October 4, 1970
Service recordBruce Polesetsky, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 111
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 111
- DAVID GADDIE JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1970
- STEVEN EUGENE GROVESergeant · October 4, 1970
- DAVID WAYNE LARSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1970
- DENNIS LEE MIKOLAJCZYKStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1970
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.