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HENRY LEE BRADSHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1942 – August 12, 1968
Service recordHenry Lee Bradshaw, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 50
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 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 August 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 50
- JOHN APOLLO TESAUROPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE AUSBORNSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- KENNETH RAY BLAIRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAIME ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 2
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.