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BRUCE WILLIAM HESKETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1945 – June 29, 1970
Service recordBruce William Heskett, of Spokane, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 101
- JAMES THOMAS WEBBERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1970
- DONALD DEANE ALDERNCaptain · June 29, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAM BINDER IICaptain · June 29, 1970
- ROBERT POST HAMPTON JRSergeant · June 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT POST HAMPTON JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 101
- JAMES ALOYSIUS SCHACHTNERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 102
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.