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BRUCE WARREN SHURTLEFF
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1949 – July 4, 1970
Service recordBruce Warren Shurtleff, of Kent, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 119
- CHARLES LEON MATHEWSLance Corporal · June 7, 1970
- KELLY RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM CLAYTON RAYSergeant · July 4, 1970
- JIMMIE FARRELL SLIMPrivate · July 4, 1970
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.