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SAMMY BRYAN BRUCE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1931 – April 19, 1967
Service recordSammy Bryan Bruce, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 47
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 9, 1931
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 47
- HAROLD JAMES ANABLESeaman Recruit · April 19, 1967
- WILLIAM WAYNE BISHOPSpecialist Five · April 19, 1967
- DENNIS OPAL BOLTONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- ROBERT EVERETT BROOKSLance Corporal · April 19, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.