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JOHN LESLIE BRATTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 25, 1945 – November 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Leslie Bratton, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 48
- ALBERTO DUNES JRLance Corporal · November 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND FOLEY JRFireman · November 11, 1968
- STEPHEN LESLIE GLOREPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- GARY EVERETT GRAVESPetty Officer Third Class · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 49
- ERNEST LOPEZ MORAPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 51
- GARY ALFRED RUSTSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 52
- JOHN DANIEL SHERMOSSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 52
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
- JIMMY CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
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.