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JOHN EDWARD BRAID
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1942 – June 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Braid, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 117
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 117
- MARVIN MELTON BURNSFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE CAMERONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD CONDIT JRMajor · June 23, 1969
- JAMES JAY HOCHSTETTERSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DOUGLAS DEITRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 118
- LORENZO RAYNARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 120
From Bloomfield Hills
- BRIAN ALEXANDER MARSHALLPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT RICHSecond Lieutenant · November 5, 1968
- DAVID JAMES EWINGSpecialist Five · May 22, 1969
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · July 20, 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.