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THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCK
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
February 5, 1935 – January 10, 1966
Service recordThomas Frederick Bruck, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 61
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- February 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 61
- RICHARD EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ROBERT DAVID WARDCorporal · January 9, 1966
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- WILLIAM CARPENTER JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 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.