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ROBERTO BRAGHINI JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1931 – June 25, 1968
Service recordRoberto Braghini JR, of Radcliff, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1931
- Home of record
- Radcliff, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 39
- WAYNE MICHAEL SMITHSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- LEE ROY DAVID SPROUSECorporal · June 25, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- DOMINIC UNGARO JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUDGINS BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 33
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 35
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 37
- RICHARD SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 38
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 39
- DOMINIC UNGARO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 39
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 1
- MACK WILBERT WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 1
From Radcliff
- HAROLD ALLEN ATCHERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1965
- WILLIAM GERALD BANEY JRSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- LOVELL FRANKLIN COENSergeant Major · April 30, 1969
- ROBERT CARL TRIGGSergeant First Class · April 19, 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.