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THOMAS GERARD BRADY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – November 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Gerard Brady, of Fremont, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 53
- KENT EUGENE BAHNSENSergeant · November 21, 1967
- WILLARD THURMAN BATEMANSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALEXIS BEAUBIENSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1967
- DAVID RAWSON BLACKMAN IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RALPH ACHESONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 52
- HAROLD BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 54
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
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.