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ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordAllen Royal Bradford, of Liberal, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 20
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Liberal, Kansas (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 20
- ROGER CARL HENRY ACKERMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- GARY LEROY BRADEESergeant · May 7, 1968
- RANDELL HEATHE BURNSEDPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELLSergeant · May 7, 1968
From Liberal
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD OBRIENCorporal · February 22, 1967
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · May 13, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.