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EDWARD LEWIS BRADFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1943 – June 7, 1968
Service recordEdward Lewis Bradford, of Westville, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Westville, Oklahoma (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 19
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL BECKERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD BELCHERSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- DAVID WATSON BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
From Westville
- JAMES HOWARD MYERSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
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.