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RICHARD TERRY BRONSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – June 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Terry Bronson, of Breckenridge, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Breckenridge, Minnesota (Wilkin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 1
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- MACK WILBERT WILLIAMSCorporal · June 25, 1968
- JORGE L BATISTA-RODRIGUEZPlatoon Sergeant · June 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JORGE L BATISTA-RODRIGUEZPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54W, Line 1
- LAWRENCE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 3
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.