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BRUCE WAYNE SPRING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1950 – December 5, 1970
Service recordBruce Wayne Spring, of Wadsworth, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Wadsworth, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 108
- DAVID JOHN SCHMERBECKColonel · October 2, 1970
- WAYNE LEE KENTPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- SAI GIN LEWPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- RANDY DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · December 5, 1970
From Wadsworth
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · January 2, 1968
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DANIEL KIETH CHRISTIANLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES FERGUSONSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- RONALD LEE VANDUZERCorporal · June 23, 1969
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- SIDNEY EARL ROHLERCorporal · March 28, 1970
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.