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JOSEPH JAMES BRADY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1948 – April 24, 1968
Service recordJoseph James Brady, of Three Rivers, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 44
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
- Regular
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Three Rivers, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 44
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- DAVID JOE CABALLEROCorporal · April 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN COXSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
From Three Rivers
- HOMER ALFRED RUPLE JRSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
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.