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FREDDY LAMAR BRATTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1950 – May 30, 1970
Service recordFreddy Lamar Bratton, of Sepulveda, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Sepulveda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 119
- ANDREW DAVID SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1970
- GARY LYNN SPIEKERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- JOHN L THOMPSON JRSpecialist Five · May 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ELLIS GAY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 121
- KEN SWAIN MAXWELLSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 121
- PATRICK ELSWOOD MCDANIELSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 122
- DAVID FRANK SANTA-CRUZCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 122
From Sepulveda
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ALFRED MCMURDOLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HOLZMANPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 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.