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ROY LEE BRAGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1943 – May 26, 1968
Service recordRoy Lee Brager, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 4
- JAMES WARREN COCKRELL JRFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
- RICHARD WAY CRICKENBERGERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ARTHUR ALBERT CROWELLCorporal · May 26, 1968
- WILBERT WAYNE CUCHLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALTON BOYCESergeant · Panel 66W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 2
- JESSIE JAMES DANNERPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 5
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 1
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · Panel 65W, Line 2
- MORRIS E THOMASCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 2
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.