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JOSEPH SIMON BRAVIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordJoseph Simon Bravin, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 25
- RONALD LEWIS BROWNCorporal · September 18, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL BRUSTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELLSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 24
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 28
- JAMES RAYMOND MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 29
- KREG ARTHUR VIESTENZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 31
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.