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EDWARD FRANCIS BRADY III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – May 12, 1970
Service recordEdward Francis Brady III, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 22
- PHILIP MARK BENNETTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS BOOTHCaptain · May 12, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT CHILDRESS JRCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BARRY THOMAS MULLINEAUXCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 27
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.