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BRUCE THOMAS KING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – April 9, 1969
Service recordBruce Thomas King, of Dallas, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 45
- DELMAR CLAUDE DENNISSpecialist Four · April 9, 1969
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- NATHANIEL HUDSONSergeant · April 9, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD LEAP JRFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE CROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 44
- DELMAR CLAUDE DENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 45
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.