WWI · Battle Death Record
Alexander Bruce
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Service · Massachusetts
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Alexander Bruce
- Entered the Service From
- Massachusetts
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Service
- Unit / Regiment
- 94th Aero Squadron
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- August 17, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France
- Grave
- Plot C, Row 7, Grave 14
Their story
First Lieutenant Alexander Bern Bruce, a Harvard Class of 1915 graduate who served as an American Field Service ambulance driver before becoming a military pilot, was a pursuit pilot with the 94th Aero Squadron. On 17 August 1918 he was killed at age 24 during aerial combat south of Fismes, France, when his aircraft went down. His remains, initially buried near Fismes, were permanently interred at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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