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BRADFORD LEE TROUT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – February 6, 1968
Service recordBradford Lee Trout, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 73
- LYNN MICHAEL TRAVISLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD VIOLETTCorporal · February 6, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN VOORHEESPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALDENSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BENJAMINCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 48
- WAYNE DOUGLAS BOYERCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 49
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 52
- RAYMOND EARL DUNLAPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 54
- MICHAEL ALLARD HODGEPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 54
- JOHN PAUL ESPARZA JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 55
- GREGORY JONESSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 59
- LOUIS JAMES ORISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 65
- PAUL RICHARD PADUCHOWSKICorporal · Panel 37E, Line 65
- JOHN JAMES PETRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 66
- DONALD JOHN RUSSIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 68
- JERRY G SIMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
- LOUIS VINCENT SUPINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 1969
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.