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DUDLEY FRANCIS BRADBERRY
Master Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
February 3, 1923 – September 21, 1971
Service recordDudley Francis Bradberry, of Kilgore, Texas, served as a Master Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 21, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 22
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. Navy
- Rank
- Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- February 3, 1923
- Home of record
- Kilgore, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1971
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 22
- CHARLES HENRY GOLDBINPetty Officer Second Class · September 20, 1971
- JOSEPH BYRON POEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1971
- LEAGRANT BADGETTStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- RANDALL BRUCE BERNARDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1971
From Kilgore
- RAYMOND ROGER POSTONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- HARRY JAMES LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · September 16, 1968
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · May 18, 1970
- JOHN ONEAL RUCKERSergeant · January 27, 1973
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.