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ROBERT GRAHAM BRUCE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – May 20, 1971
Service recordRobert Graham Bruce, of Federal Way, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 42
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Federal Way, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 42
- JAMES DANIEL AGUILARSpecialist Four · May 20, 1971
- LOWELL THOMAS GLOSSUPSergeant First Class · May 20, 1971
- SCOTT HERBERT NEWPORTCaptain · May 20, 1971
- TERRANCE RICHARD SCHENESpecialist Four · May 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY ALLAN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 43
From Federal Way
- WESLEY ROBERT KELBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM MARKWITHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- BRUCE HERBERT DYERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- BRUCE JACOB STICKELSergeant · October 2, 1970
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.