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BRUCE WAYNE BRACE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1951 – March 30, 1970
Service recordBruce Wayne Brace, of Roseville, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 59
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Roseville, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 59
- MICHAEL JAMES WAINWRIGHTCorporal · March 29, 1970
- GEORGE MICHAEL ANAYACorporal · March 30, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
- FLOYD STANLEY FRANKLINSergeant · March 30, 1970
From Roseville
- MARIANO R NEGRANZA JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1966
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · May 15, 1967
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · May 6, 1968
- JAMES ERVIN BOOTHMajor · June 23, 1968
- LESLIE WILLIAM ROYALL IIIHospitalman · July 7, 1968
- JOHN VINSON OCONNOR JRGunnery Sergeant · December 9, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN YATESLance Corporal · December 21, 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.