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DAVID ALFORD BRADSHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1948 – November 14, 1968
Service recordDavid Alford Bradshaw, of Chelsea, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Oklahoma (Rogers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 63
- GREG PATTERSON STIGERPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN TRUELOVEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- CHARLES EARL YOUNGMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- FRANCIS BALDINOPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARLSONCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 64
- LESTER RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 64
- WAYNE MORRIS HORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 67
- ROBERT TAYLOR JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 67
- LARRY LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 68
- JACKIE SHIRL UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 69
From Chelsea
- DAVID LEE HUBBARD JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- THOMAS JOSEPH BARBEESpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- GEORGE BRIAN ALLISONSpecialist Four · April 27, 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.