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BRUCE STUART LINDSAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1947 – May 4, 1968
Service recordBruce Stuart Lindsay, of Lawndale, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lawndale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 37
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · May 4, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR MASKSergeant First Class · May 4, 1968
- BERNARD RICHARD MAZURSKYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
From Lawndale
- JIMMY DEVER BACCUSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- WILLIAM A THORNTON JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- JERRY DOYLE ATKINSONCorporal · March 30, 1968
- BOBBY JOE GRAVELSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- BYRON LEE NOTT JRSecond Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · March 1, 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.