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BRADLEY JOHN BOURQUE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – December 17, 1968
Service recordBradley John Bourque, of Rayne, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Rayne, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 32
- JOHN DESMOND STUART JRSeaman · December 16, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER BLANCO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- JESSE JOHN BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1968
- LEON RAY BROOKSSergeant · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAMON CASTRO-MORALESSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 33
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 35
From Rayne
- JOHN EDGAR MOUGIER JRStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1965
- HAROLD LUCIEN DAVID JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
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.