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BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLI
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1948 – April 30, 1968
Service recordBruce Wayne Staehli, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 30, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 53E, Line 23
- EDWARD MINOT SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- SAMUEL ARNOLD SINGERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- RAYMOND ERNEST STANLEYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD TATEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 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.