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JAMES DENNIS BRADLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – August 11, 1970
Service recordJames Dennis Bradle, of Laona, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 101
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Laona, Wisconsin (Forest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 101
- DWAINE ELBYRNE MATTOXCaptain · August 10, 1970
- RICHARD WESLEY MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1970
- BERNARD FRANCIS MORRILLTechnical Sergeant · August 10, 1970
- KENNETH JAY SORENSENSergeant · August 10, 1970
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.