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BRUCE WILLIAM WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – September 1, 1970
Service recordBruce William Wright, of West Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- West Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 32
- DALE ALLEN PENNINGTONLance Corporal · September 1, 1970
- LARRY SCHOONMAKERSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
- RUSSELL CRAIG SCULLYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SEELEYSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
From West Des Moines
- DANIEL BOONE FELLSpecialist Four · July 19, 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.