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JACK RAY BRADNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1936 – May 15, 1966
Service recordJack Ray Bradner, of Pocahontas, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 61
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1936
- Home of record
- Pocahontas, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 61
- RALPH CAROL BALCOMColonel · May 15, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM JENSENColonel · May 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 63
From Pocahontas
- DONALD RAY RASHPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
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.