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BRUCE STEPHEN LAPORTE
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1947 – February 20, 1967
Service recordBruce Stephen Laporte, of Fruitport, Michigan, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 66
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 RECON BN
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Fruitport, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 66
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- ENOCH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- GARY LEE WOOTONSergeant · February 20, 1967
From Fruitport
- JAMES WILLARD KOOILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DANNY PAUL RIESBERGCorporal · July 5, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE VANDONKELAARCorporal · August 30, 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.