Bryce Leroy Kindrick was born on May 17, 1951 in Tulsa Oklahoma.  He was the son of Billy P. Kindrick of Houston, Texas and Versa J. Kindrick of Gardena, California. At present time, there is no information on Bryce Kindrick’s school or other activites. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on January 30, 1969, and his Report of Casualty form lists Torrance, California as his home of record at the time of his enlistment.

He was a Lance Corporal and rifleman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, FMF, and arrived in Vietnam on January 12, 1970. Less than a year later, on September 28, 1970, LCpl Kindrick suffered multi-fragment wounds in battle in the Quang Nam Province. Reportedly, enemy NVA (North Vietnamese Army) forces attempted to breach Marine defenses on Hill 52.  At the same time, Marines returning to the hill from an ambush patrol engaged the enemy. Several Marines were killed and wounded and LCpl Kindrick was one of the casualties. He was evacuated to the 95th Army Evacuation Hospital in Da Nang where he died on September 29, 1970 from his combat wounds. 

LCpl Bryce Kindrick’s decorations include the Silver Star Medal (1970), the Bronze Star Medal (1970), Purple Heart (1970), and the Combat Action Ribbon (1970), among other medals and citations. The citation for his Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V,” awarded posthumously, states that Lance Corporal Kindrick served as a Squad Leader, and while “participating in numerous patrols and ambushes, he repeatedly distinguished himself by his courage and composure under fire while moving to dangerously exposed vantage points to observe enemy actvivites and control the fire and maneuver of his men.” 

Bryce Kindrick’s body was returned to the United states and he is buried at the Roosevelt Memorial Park Cemetery in Gardena. His name is listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., as well as the Torrance Veterans Memorial.