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BOBBY MCRAY BRASWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1945 – July 12, 1967
Service recordBobby McRay Braswell, of Vilas, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- June 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Vilas, North Carolina (Watauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 56
- LE ROY HARLAND CHARBONEAUCorporal · July 12, 1967
- PERNELL RUSSELL CLAUDSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- TYRONE COMBSSpecialist Five · July 12, 1967
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.