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WILLIAM MICHAEL BRIDGEFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1949 – January 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Michael Bridgeford, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 25
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 25
- FRANKLIN HARRISON RAUBCorporal · January 10, 1968
- BILLY G RIGGINSStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- STEVEN WARREN SCHMIDTSergeant · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 13
- LEE ROY BIRDENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 14
- WILLIAM BURR CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 15
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- BOBBY DEAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER DAILYCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 16
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- HERMAN RAY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 17
- DAVID HARPER HERSHBERGERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- GORDON L GOINSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 18
- ALEX JAMES HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ROBERT LEE HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ANTHONY JOSEPH LEDERERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 22
- ROBERT IRVIN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 23
- HARRY PRESTON MCFALLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 24
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · Panel 34E, Line 26
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 26
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.