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FLOYD LEE BRADSHAW III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1949 – June 15, 1971
Service recordFloyd Lee Bradshaw III, of Boston, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 77
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Boston, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 77
- SYLVESTER C MARTINEZSergeant · June 15, 1971
- BILLY DEAN PEDINGSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 15, 1971
- JAMES ALLEN SOUTHERFireman · June 15, 1971
- RICHARD WILSON JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1971
From Boston
- HERBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- LIVINGSTON GLENNStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1967
- MORRIS CALVIN PICKETTPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.