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ROBERT BRADSHER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – July 14, 1970
Service recordRobert Bradsher JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 17
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · July 14, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD JONESStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
- JOHN LOY KEISTERSergeant · July 14, 1970
- HOWARD WILSON LAYNE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 16
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.