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Medal of Honor Recipient

Daniel Dean Bruce

U.S. Marine Corps · Vietnam War

MOH-RC-002003Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1969

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Medal of Honor

March 1, 1969

Fire Support Base Tomahawk, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam

Rank at action
Private First Class
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
Vietnam War
Unit or command
Headquarters & Service Company, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein) FMF

The Citation

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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a mortar man with Headquarters and Service Company 3d Battalion, against the enemy. Early in the morning Pfc. Bruce was on watch in his night defensive position at fire support base tomahawk when he heard movements ahead of him. An enemy explosive charge was thrown toward his position and he reacted instantly, catching the device and shouting to alert his companions. Realizing the danger to the adjacent position with its 2 occupants, Pfc. Bruce held the device to his body and attempted to carry it from the vicinity of the entrenched marines. As he moved away, the charge detonated and he absorbed the full force of the explosion. Pfc. Bruce's indomitable courage, inspiring valor and selfless devotion to duty saved the lives of 3 of his fellow marines and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Daniel Dean Bruce — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002013
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Entered service at
Chicago, Ill.
Archive transcription SHA-256
087cb46b24d9eb76a52a71fc280e6924cea5495469ea925e0eb70cbf1f951f92

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from Daniel D. Bruce to Daniel Dean Bruce; both renderings remain preserved. The current source records Headquarters & Service Company, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein) FMF; the inherited unit field Headquarters Company, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division remains preserved as a source variant. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under Vietnam War; the inherited Not yet classified value remains preserved in the audit record.

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