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BRUCE RONALD FRANZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1950 – December 12, 1969
Service recordBruce Ronald Franz, of Fruita, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Fruita, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 50
- JOHN ANTHONY FEDELESpecialist Four · December 12, 1969
- ARTHUR TERRY GALLAGHERCorporal · December 12, 1969
- CHARLES PERRY HOOD JRCaptain · December 12, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN HUGHESCorporal · December 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEE BALDWINCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 49
- ARTHUR TERRY GALLAGHERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 50
- ARLYN LORANZ LAMPERTCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 51
- THOMAS VINCENT MARCHESEPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 51
- JOSEPH LOUIS MENDOZASergeant · Panel 15W, Line 51
- OTTAWAY LARSON WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 52
From Fruita
- JAMES PHILLIP DEWITTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- HAROLD LEE JONESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
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.