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PAUL JOSEPH BRAGG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1950 – July 15, 1969
Service recordPaul Joseph Bragg, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 123
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
- Occupation
- Multichannel Equipment Operator (2532)
- Born
- August 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD BLINERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- ARNIM N BRAITHWAITECorporal · July 15, 1969
- STEPHEN JOHN BRENNANPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- ADOLPHUS CHRISTOPHERFirst Sergeant · July 15, 1969
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.