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JAMES HOMER BRADY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 19, 1948 – June 1, 1970
Service recordJames Homer Brady, of Merritt Island, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Merritt Island, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 129
- DURWYN LEE WOLFStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- STUART ALAN WOODMANCorporal · May 31, 1970
- LLOYD LANE BOWLESPetty Officer First Class · June 1, 1970
- DOUGLAS JACK DAANEPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KEITH ARTHUR HELDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 130
- JOSEPH JOHN SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 132
From Merritt Island
- REINIS FOXWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD HUNTSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
- SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS IIISpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- MARK WENDELL MINEARWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 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.