THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. May you rest in eternal peace.

On behalf of those who served with you in the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) and all who followed, we offer our respect and remembrance of your ultimate sacrifice. May you never be forgotten and your family and friends take comfort in your valor in serving.

Montgomery County Maryland is honoring our 130 residents killed in Vietnam in a ceremony on 21 May 2018 with a wall of names being unveiled.This is to invite friends and relatives of Richard to join us in honoring him.Please contact me for more information.

Dear Spec r Richard Bruce,
Thank you for your service as a Fixed Station Transmitter Repairman. It is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

SP4 Richard B. Bruce was a fixed-station transmitter repairman serving with B Company, Phu Lam Signal Battalion, U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command (USASTRATCOM), 1st Signal Brigade. He worked in the antennaman group at Phu Lam High Frequency (HF) transmitter building on the western outskirts of Saigon in Gia Dinh Province, RVN. On March 18, 1969, SP4 Bruce accidentally shot himself while inside the transmitter building when he dropped his loaded M14 rifle during a practice drill. His comrades were running to the bunkers but stopped when they heard the gunshot. Bruce ran out of the building and stumbled. Two soldiers grabbed him from each side as he fell to his knees. A lieutenant requested a medivac; however, Bruce succumbed to his wound the same day. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and phulam.com]