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RONALD DWIGHT BRUCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1944 – April 18, 1967
Service recordRonald Dwight Bruce, of West Alexandria, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 31, 1944
- Home of record
- West Alexandria, Ohio (Preble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 44
- THOMAS WESTON JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MANUEL ARAGONSergeant First Class · April 18, 1967
- LEROY BUFORDSergeant · April 18, 1967
- CHARLES CURTIS CLENDENENSpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 45
- PATRICK LAWRENCE HALEYCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 45
- VERNICE HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 45
- THOMAS DEAL MENDENHALLMajor · Panel 18E, Line 46
From West Alexandria
- DANNY CAROL CRAVENSPrivate First Class · September 18, 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.