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FRANKLIN S BRADLEY JR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 13, 1938 – February 9, 1968
Service recordFranklin S Bradley JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 45
- DAVID LEROY BOYDLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JAMES JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BYRON LEA BROWNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- RONALD LEE BROWNCorporal · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ROBERT ANZELONESpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 43
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38E, Line 52
- MICHAEL JOSEPH LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 55
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.