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LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – January 11, 1969
Service recordLee Raymond Bruce JR, of Pasadena, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 69
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BIRCHAKCaptain · January 11, 1969
- THOMAS C BULLARDSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- DANNY TAYLOR CLARKFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1969
- ABRON EARL DAVISPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- JOHN PAUL DAVISPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 69
- CLYDE LEROY DICKASONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 70
- DENNIS HAROLD HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 70
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 71
- THOMAS CHARLES MANNSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 72
- DARRELL EDWIN MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 72
- WILLIAM ROBERT PORTER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 72
From Pasadena
- GORDON JAMES DEITZ JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- DONALD ERNEST JONESPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMANCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 9, 1968
- BOBBY DALE ROGERSLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- HARRY NELSON STONESIFERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HARPLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 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.