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An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Photo: A1C Aaron Jenne, U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Samuel Bradshaw III.

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ROBERT SAMUEL BRADSHAW III

First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps

January 29, 1943 – February 12, 1970

Service record

Robert Samuel Bradshaw III, of Lufkin, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 129

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
Unit (as recorded)
VMFA 122 MAG 13
Born
January 29, 1943
Home of record
Lufkin, Texas (Angelina County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 12, 1970
Age
27
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

Context · from the records

What was happening

34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 129

From Lufkin

All 14 names from Lufkin →

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.