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GIVEN WEST BRADLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 16, 1944 – February 11, 1968
Service recordGiven West Bradley, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 75
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia 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 75
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- STEPHAN LEROY BECHTELPetty Officer Third Class · February 11, 1968
- JOSEPH PERRY BOWLINGSergeant · February 11, 1968
- DOYLE LEROY BUTLER JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 77
- RICHARD LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 81
- FRANK LOUIS STECPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 81
- STANLEY EUGENE WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 1
From Paducah
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSONCaptain · September 20, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROY RUDOLPH WHITESIDEPetty Officer First Class · October 11, 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.