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KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1947 – May 1, 1969
Service recordKernell Persone Bradsby, of Williamsburg, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 89
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Virginia (Williamsburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 89
- ARTHUR WILLIAM BAILEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BAUERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- STEVEN DALE BELSLYCorporal · May 1, 1969
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROY SCHAEFERSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 94
From Williamsburg
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- CHARLES MILLS SHELDONCaptain · April 8, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- DAN SELLMAN HICKSSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DELUCASpecialist Four · June 27, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1970
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.