Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 13-Sep-1948
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 19-Nov-1969
Start of tour: 11-Nov-1968
Incident date: 15-Aug-1969
Date of casualty: 28-Oct-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Bruce Allen Ugelstad died as a result of wounds received while driver of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / Driver of Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance in force mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight. Individual admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, on 15 Aug 1969 at 2300 hrs and placed on Serious Injured (SI) list on 16 Aug 1969 at 0500 hrs. (Individual was eventually transferred to Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois, where he expired on 28 Oct 1969. Incident occurred on 15 Aug 1969. )
Two Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SP4 John Carl Rodgers
SP4 Bruce Allen Ugelstad
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XU 730 080
Place of interment: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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