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BRADLEY ELLIOTT SANDFORD
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1923 – December 27, 1970
Service recordBradley Elliott Sandford, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 12
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Telecommunications Operations Chief (31Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 19, 1923
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1970
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 12
- JERRY EDWARD HANCOCKLance Corporal · December 27, 1970
- DAVID LEE TEMPLETONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1970
- CARVER JOE VAUGHANSergeant · December 27, 1970
- ROBERT D ARNALLCorporal · December 28, 1970
From Portsmouth
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · July 2, 1966
- WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTERCaptain · October 26, 1966
- RONALD RAYMOND CORMIERPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE SUCCICorporal · March 14, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLDMajor · June 7, 1969
- RALPH RONALD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1970
- CLYDE DOUGLAS ALLOWAYTechnical Sergeant · June 7, 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.