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R B BRIDGES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1948 – June 15, 1968
Service recordR B Bridges JR, of Americus, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 23
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
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Americus, Georgia (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 23
- ROBERT DAVID BROCKMANPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOSEPH TIMOTHY CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- DENIS MICHAEL CHMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
From Americus
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
- GLENN RICHARD MCCUAIGLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- HENRY PULLUM JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- JOHNNY FRED SCOTTLance Corporal · July 21, 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.