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ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGS
Private · U.S. Army
August 9, 1949 – June 5, 1970
Service recordRoosevelt Junior Braggs, of Painesville, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Painesville, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 12
- SCOTTY RAY BROADSTONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · June 5, 1970
- MICHAEL LYN CHASECorporal · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT EMERY COOKPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT DUEL RATLIFFSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 16
From Painesville
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BUDD EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROLAND RALPH JOHNCorporal · March 1, 1967
- HARRY D HUSTON JRCorporal · September 24, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MERRIAMSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- EUGENE PIZZINO IISergeant · March 16, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- CHARLES ALAN HOODPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
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.