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CLAUDE EDWARD BRAGG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – February 9, 1969
Service recordClaude Edward Bragg, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 91
- JOHNNIE WAYNE ATORSergeant · February 9, 1969
- STEVEN ROBERT BAUERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGESpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- RONALD EARNEST BOYERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EARNEST BOYERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 91
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 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.