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DAVID BRUCE CONN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1947 – December 19, 1966
Service recordDavid Bruce Conn, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 60
- SCOTT STILLMAN WEBBERSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- COLEY L ANDREWSSergeant · December 19, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES CLARKPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.