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JOHN TRAVIS BRADFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1945 – October 27, 1966
Service recordJohn Travis Bradford, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- March 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 117
- JAMES RAYMOND WELSHLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD JAMES YOUNGER JRLance Corporal · October 26, 1966
- DAVID ARTHUR BARUTHCorporal · October 27, 1966
- MARLIN EDWIN BEMBENEKSpecialist Five · October 27, 1966
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.