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LEONARD EDWARD BRADFORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – December 29, 1968
Service recordLeonard Edward Bradford, of Tyrone, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 2
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Tyrone, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 2
- AARON ANDRE BARNES JRSergeant · December 29, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BOGGESSSergeant · December 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LEROY BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW BUCKLEYSergeant · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES IRVING CUTLERSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 3
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 3
- DAN NINKEY JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 4
- WILLIAM SYLVESTER DEBOERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 7
- FARL DUANE WAGNERSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 7
From Tyrone
- DONALD WALTER WELCHSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH CAFFARELLICaptain · November 21, 1972
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.