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BRUCE WOHLRAB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1952 – March 9, 1971
Service recordBruce Wohlrab, of Bergen, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 23, 1952
- Home of record
- Bergen, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 34
- ROBERT JOHN SCHOENHOFFCorporal · March 9, 1971
- WILLIAM EUGENE BAILEYCaptain · March 10, 1971
- BRUNSON A DERRICK SRSpecialist Five · March 10, 1971
- DALE MICHAEL MOZDZENCorporal · March 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DALE MITCHELL HOLLOWELLSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 33
- MICHAEL GEORGE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 33
From Bergen
- GUNTHER HERBERT WALDSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
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.