IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS MOST HEROIC UNITED STATES ARMY SERVICEMAN, A POSTHUMOUS RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
Posted for: LESLIE L BRUCKER JR:


STAFF SERGEANT

LESLIE L BRUCKER JR


who served as a


COMBAT MEDIC


and


PLATOON LEADER


with


DETACHMENT B-20

BRAVO COMPANY

5th SPECIAL FORCES GROUP

1st SPECIAL FORCES


was a posthumous recipient of the


DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS

PURPLE HEART

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL

REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL


and was entitled to wear the


COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE


and the


ARMY COMBAT MEDIC BADGE



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CITATION FOR AWARD OF THE

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS

TO

STAFF SERGEANT

LESLIE L. BRUCKER JR



For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Staff Sergeant Brucker distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 25 August 1968 as a medic and platoon leader of a mobile strike force company during an assault against fortified positions held by North Vietnamese Army troops inside the Duc Lap Special Forces camp. He was leading his platoon forward under intense enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire when he saw his company commander and a fellow medic felled by the fusillade. Disregarding his safety, Sergeant Brucker rushed across open ground through the withering hail of bullets to reach the fallen aidman. While treating the medic he was asked to help carry his wounded company commander out of the line of enemy fire. Sergeant Brucker moved the officer to safety with the help of another American whom he then instructed to stop the bleeding until he returned with his aid kit. Ignoring a heavy concentration of machine gun fire directed at his position, Sergeant Brucker returned to the injured medic. As he collected his aid kit and prepared to drag his comrade to cover, he was mortally wounded. Staff Sergeant Brucker's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.



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YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE





20 JULY 1999
Posted by: CLAY MARSTON
Email: CMARSTON@INTERLOG.COM
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