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DONALD LEE BRUCKART
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 15, 1945 – March 31, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Bruckart, of Redlands, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 31, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 96
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Redlands, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 96
- RICHARD CARL BEHNKECaptain · March 31, 1969
- HERBERT EUGENE BELCHERPetty Officer First Class · March 31, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS BRANNANSergeant First Class · March 31, 1969
- WILLIAM GREGORY BURKEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
From Redlands
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW CERVANTESLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HUGHESSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN ALFORDSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 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.