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JOHN BRUCE CAPEL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1943 – May 12, 1966
Service recordJohn Bruce Capel, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 51
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Glen Ellyn, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 51
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- BERNARD ERROYL CLAREPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
From Glen Ellyn
- JOHN FELLOWS SCULL JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS BENEDICT DUFFY JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS MORGANCaptain · September 4, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DICKEYLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- RONALD EDWIN HAGSTROMSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- ROGER LEE PIERCEMajor · January 25, 1972
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.