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ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEY
Private · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – April 19, 1969
Service recordRobert Richard Bradley, of Moses Lake, Washington, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 6
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Moses Lake, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 6
- REESE MARK ANDERSENSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1969
- GERALD DWAIN ANGELLEYChief Petty Officer · April 19, 1969
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · April 19, 1969
- ANDREW ALBERT BIEDRON JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD GENE BOTTOMSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- RICHARD LAMAR HANNONCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 8
- JOE GILBERT LONGORIASergeant · Panel 26W, Line 10
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 11
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 12
From Moses Lake
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 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.