Robert Vernon Bruce
Graduating
Class of 1942
Served in
World War II
![Attached photograph of Ensign Bruce](https://cdn.uwgoldstarhonorroll.org/2017-08/BruceRobertV_gstar0104.jpg)
Ensign
Robert Vernon Bruce
Navy
USS Rowan
Hometown
Milwaukee, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Tyrrhenian Sea
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Tablets of the Missing, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Lazio, Italy
More About Ensign Bruce
While at the university, Ensign Bruce was a student of Mechanical Engineering. He participated in Freshman Tennis, was part of the “W” Club, and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Ensign Bruce was killed in the sinking of the USS Rowan in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
He is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial in Italy.