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RICHARD PETER BRUCE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1945 – March 12, 1968
Service recordRichard Peter Bruce, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 24
- BERND BACHLEDAPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM BETTISPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BRANIGANLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
- THOMAS RYAN FLEMINGLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH M KNOBLOCK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 27
- RODNEY JOHN LAWSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 28
- GARY WILLIAM PERKINSCaptain · Panel 44E, Line 30
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.