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ROBERT BRUCE TUFTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 22, 1942 – June 14, 1969
Service recordRobert Bruce Tufts, of Morristown, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Morristown, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 50
- RUBEN URDIALEZSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 1969
- JOHNNY WILESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- BOBBIE GENE WOOTENStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1969
From Morristown
- LOUIS GENE PETRONE JRLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH MOOREPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JOHN DIVINE CREWS JRSergeant · June 2, 1968
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.