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ROBERT BRUCE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1944 – September 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Bruce, of Fishkill, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 77
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Fishkill, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 77
- TERRENCE E KIERZNOWSKIPetty Officer Second Class · September 12, 1969
- BOBBY GENE BAKERLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- DEWEY RAY BURNS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DANISONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 79
From Fishkill
- MICHAEL GARLOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
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.