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BRUCE WILLIAM POULSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordBruce William Poulson, of Corona Del Mar, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Corona Del Mar, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 47
- CHARLES RICHARD REFFPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- BILLY DUANE ROYPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- JOHN SANEDALance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHWAGELAirman First Class · August 18, 1968
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.