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DENNIS RAY BRUCE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1945 – March 22, 1966
Service recordDennis Ray Bruce, of San Luis Obispo, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1945
- Home of record
- San Luis Obispo, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- JOHNNIE M CURLEESpecialist Four · March 22, 1966
- MICHAEL JULIAN DELGADO JRSergeant · March 22, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 39
From San Luis Obispo
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ROBERT MINERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM VAUGHNSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- ALFRED MAURO QUIROZCorporal · January 20, 1969
- ROY HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · March 22, 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.