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SAMUEL BRUCE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1948 – January 18, 1968
Service recordSamuel Bruce JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 67
- TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE CONDONLieutenant Commander · January 18, 1968
- CARL RAYMOND DAVISPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- RONALD HAL DERENBURGERSergeant · January 18, 1968
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.