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JOHN LESLIE BRADFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1948 – August 1, 1969
Service recordJohn Leslie Bradford, of Livingston, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Livingston, Tennessee (Overton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 82
- JAMES EDWARD SHELTONPrivate First Class · July 31, 1969
- WILLIAM REED WILSON JRPrivate First Class · July 31, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLENN BURDFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1969
- TOMMY LEON CALLIESCaptain · August 1, 1969
From Livingston
- JAMES THOMAS DAVISSpecialist Four · December 22, 1961
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.