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BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1944 – August 28, 1968
Service recordBradley Richard Degenaars, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Franklin Lakes, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 47
- BOYD CANFIELDCorporal · August 28, 1968
- CHARLES DON CHAMPIONCorporal · August 28, 1968
- ARLIN DARRELL COLLINSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- BOBBY CECIL COVERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 46
- WILLIAM TERRELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 48
- PEDRO DIAZCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 48
- CHARLIE MURPHY LEONARDSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 50
- MARCELINO NIEVES-COLON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 52
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 54
From Franklin Lakes
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DECROSTASpecialist Four · January 19, 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.