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RICHARD BERT BRUCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1945 – March 18, 1969
Service recordRichard Bert Bruce, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 68
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Station Transmitter Repairman (32C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 68
- DALE LEON EISAMANSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- MARGARITO FERNANDEZ JRSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 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.