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JAMES GREGORY BRADY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – November 27, 1968
Service recordJames Gregory Brady, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 71
- JOHN WILLIAM BRINKMEYERWarrant Officer 1 · November 27, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BROWNPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · November 27, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CASEYSergeant · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NICHOLAS RICHARD ALEXANDERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 38W, Line 70
- DAVID DEWITT CREELSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 72
- FREDRICK HARRY FRAZERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 72
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 73
- ALLEN EUGENE DUNEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 73
- AUGUST KARL RITZAUFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 78
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.