Corporal Bruce Kane and the Vietnam War

by John Heeg

I looked at the virtual vietnam wall to find out how many members on the Vietnam Wall were from the school district that I teach in.  I found 7.  I then began doing some research to find out more about these men that were killed in action.  Bruce Kane’s story intrigued me because he was listed as missing in action.  I did numerous google searches that eventually led me to the POW/MIA database where I was able to find letters to his mother and the report that was done by investigators.  I kind of got carried away with this one so I continued doing more research that led me to interviewing a helicopter pilot that saw Kane’s helicopter get shot down.  Other people I spoke with knew about Kane from the community.  It led me to write a paper: Tragedy in Laos What Happened to Corporal Bruce Kane.