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DONNIE JAY BRAGG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1948 – December 15, 1969
Service recordDonnie Jay Bragg, of Salem, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Salem, Virginia (Salem (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 57
- ROBERT THOMAS RUSSELL IIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- WESLEY ROBERT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1969
- CARL EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
- WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRITTSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
From Salem
- WILLIAM WINTON WEBBSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1966
- ROGER DALE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- KESTER ULREYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- FRANCIS SHERMAN OBERSONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · July 22, 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.