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Revision as of 03:40, 1 September 2026
| Bruce De Bourbon Conde | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1913 |
| Died | 1992 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Arm / service | Infantry |
| ASN | 0350173 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 20 (19 June – 16 August 1944) |
| Section | 7B |
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Bruce De Bourbon Conde (1913–1992) was a United States Army Captain who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 20.
Biography
Bruce Chalmers (Bruce Alfonso Bourbon de Conde), officer, philatelist and royal pretender, born California 5 December 1913, died Tangier 20 July 1992. After reading Spanish at the University of California (UCLA), he entered the US armed forces. He was later posted to Japan where he studied Japanese, but his true passion remained the Arab world. After studying Spanish at UCLA, he joined the US Army, serving in the 82nd Airborne in North Africa during the Second World War. He but his heyday did not begin until 1958 when he moved to the northern Yemen. He as a young boy, he was an avid stamp collector, and wrote to the Imam (King) of Yemen, asking for local postage stamps for his collection. He his love of that land, then still a feudal kingdom, began in his boyhood when he wrote to its fearsome ruler, Imam Ahmad, asking for a pen-friend with whom to swap stamps.
Research notes
- O/C MI 315 (temp)
Gallery
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 79 |
| Class_ASN | 350173 |
| Class_Name | deBOURBON-CONDE, Bruce |
| match_method | asn_exact_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
Timeline
- But his heyday did not begin until 1958 when he moved to the northern Yemen.
- Following his discharge from the army, he moved to Beirut to study Arabic with the assistance of the G.I.
- Note: Not to be confused with Ritchie Boy (Class 13 French) Gaetan De Bourbon, Prince de Bourbon-Parme, who served with OSS/SOE.
Sources
- Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
- Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)