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DONALD WILLIAM BRUCK
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 17, 1927 – October 21, 1968
Service recordDonald William Bruck, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 17, 1927
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 9
- JAMES EDGAR WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- FRANCIS VINCENT BARONCorporal · October 21, 1968
- WILLIAM PARKER BOWMANMaster Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- ARTHUR LOGAN BREWERTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
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.