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PATRICK LOUIS BRUCKNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordPatrick Louis Bruckner, of Reseda, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 10
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Reseda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 10
- LARRY FRANKLIN BRASHEARSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- MICHEAL ALLEN BURNSFireman · April 30, 1968
- ERNEST BURTONSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- BENNY DALE CASHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
From Reseda
- ARTHUR LOREN HAWKINS JRCorporal · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROMESergeant · May 7, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BINNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- THOMAS LEE CARTERCaptain · November 10, 1968
- STEPHEN SCOTT NIEDERHAUSESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HARRISONCorporal · March 9, 1969
- JOHN ANDREW LESTELLE IIPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.