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BRUCE RICHARDSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 21, 1949 – May 31, 1970
Service recordBruce Richardson, of Bellport, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 127
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Bellport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 127
- RODNEY RAYFORD SANDERSCorporal · May 31, 1970
- HAROLD JOSEPH SHEALieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS EDWARD SIMPSONSergeant · May 31, 1970
- RONALD RUSSELL TANNERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES BURRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 123
- JAMES DONALD GRIFFINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 124
- ROBERT PHILLIP OBRIENPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 126
From Bellport
- RICHARD PATRICK FRASCACorporal · February 21, 1968
- JOSEPH E R NEALFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 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.