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GARY LEROY BRADEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – May 7, 1968
Service recordGary Leroy Bradee, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 20
- ROGER CARL HENRY ACKERMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- RANDELL HEATHE BURNSEDPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELLSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 21
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 22
- MACK SIMPSON JEFFRIESSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 27
- ANTHONY JOHN NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 28
- EDDIE BERNARD SANDSMaster Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 30
- GEORGE M VICTORSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 33
- DONALD WINSLOW WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.