MY ADOPTED POW-MIA
When I was a teenager I had a
POW bracelet.
I wore it faithfully for a few years then as luck would have it I lost it.
I went on with my life but never forgot about this name on a bracelet.
While surfing the internet I came across a link to
Operation Just Cause"
They have a program where you can adopt a pow-mia.
I filled out the application and asked about my name on the bracelet.
All I could remember was his last name and that he was from Michigan.
Much to my astonishment I found out not only was he from Michigan
but from the town where I now reside.
When I first moved here I didnt know much of the towns history other than
it was where Frank Murphy (former Governor of Michigan)had been born and raised.
I am now in the process of trying to learn more about this Hometown Hero
who has a Softball Field named after him.
Here is what I have found so far:
Article about his Son Bruce Jr.
JOHNSON, BRUCE GARDNER
Name: Bruce Gardner Johnson
Rank/Branch: O3/US Army
Unit: MACV SD 5891
Date of Birth: 15 July 1937
Home City of Record: Harbor Beach MI
(family in Salina KS)
Date of Loss: 10 June 1965
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 113521N 1065309E (YT056817)
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 1
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Refno: 0096
Other Personnel In Incident: Joseph J. Compa; Robert L. Curlee; Craig L. Hagen; Walter L. Hall; Fred M. Owens; Donald R. Saegaert (all missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01 April
1991 from
one or more of the following: raw data from U.S.
Government agency sources,
correspondence with POW/MIA families, published
sources, interviews.
Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK 1998.
REMARKS: ON GND - SED 6 DED - UNDR FIRE - J
TO READ THE SYNOPSIS REPORT
click here
If you would like to adopt a pow-mia please check
this site out.:
All the graphics on this page (except for the Operaton Just Cause one) were From:
NOTE: "All Biographical and loss information on
POW's provided by
Operation Just Cause has been
supplied by
Chuck and Mary Schantag of
POWNET.
This is how his name appears on the Wall :
JOHNSON;BRUCE GARDNER;02E 005;LTC;Army;7/15/1937;6/10/1965;HARBOR BEACH;MI
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