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BRUCE R WENBAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – July 23, 1968
Service recordBruce R Wenban, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 46
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- ROY NICHOLAS UEBLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 38
- DANNY EUGENE DEESESpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 38
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 40
- FRANCIS DAVID LEO JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 41
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 42
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 42
- DONALD WILLIAM SEIDELSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 44
- JAMES DOUGLAS SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 44
- ROY NICHOLAS UEBLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 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.