JOHN BRUCE CAPEL

               7E, 51

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JOHN BRUCE CAPEL
is honored on Panel 7E, Row 51 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Full Name: JOHN BRUCE CAPEL
Wall Name: JOHN B CAPEL
Date of Birth: 3/18/1943
Date of Casualty: 5/12/1966
Home of Record: GLEN ELLYN
County of Record: DUPAGE COUNTY
State: IL
Branch of Service: MARINE CORPS
Rank: 2LT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: QUANG NAM

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The following remembrances have been left at The Virtual Wall for JOHN BRUCE CAPEL:

We Remember - Posted by Robert Sage
John is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Glen Ellyn, DuPage County,IL.

A friend and role model to John and me. - Posted by Burt Vincent
Like my brother, John Vincent who has also posted, I grew up with Bruce and his family in the Chicago area. …

Bruce - Posted by John S. Vincent
Bruce's parents and my parents met in the early 1950's in "Balmoral", a cul-del-sac of post-war townhomes …

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS MOST HEROIC YOUNG UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS OFFICER, A POSTHUMOUS RECIPIENT OF THE SILVER STAR, WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE - Posted by CLAY MARSTON
2nd LIEUTENANT JOHN BRUCE CAPEL was an outstanding football player at the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS where he …

Thank you Lieutenant Capel - Posted by Donald Lytle
Although we never met personally, I want to thank you John Bruce Capel, for your courageous and valiant …

VALOR. American men & women have died in wars ... WE REMEMBER! - Posted by Jim Stepanek
DuPage County, Illinois "Wall of Fallen Heroes"

A fellow officer and friend taken too soon. - Posted by William Rapp
Bruce was a leader at Glenbard West in Glen Ellyn on the Football and Wrestling teams. I was a fellow …

I remember - Posted by Tony Mastandrea
Remembering back to Glenbard West High School I recall a picture on the wall in the gym of a former …

local hero, the young man with the great smile who lived next door - Posted by Linda Rosenthal LeFavor
The Capels were our next door neighbors. On warm summer nights we,3 families of teens and preteens,often …

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS FINE YOUNG UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS OFFICER WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE - Posted by CLAY MARSTON
2nd LIEUTENANT JOHN BRUCE CAPEL was an outstanding football player at the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS and at …

Fraternity brother and fellow Marine Officer - you are remembered! - Posted by LtCol Robert Nelson, USMC (Ret)
A member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL, "MooNuu", …


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