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WILLIAM RAY BROAD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 2, 1942 – January 28, 1967
Service recordWilliam Ray Broad, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 90
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 90
- SAMUEL RICHARD BIRDMajor · January 27, 1967
- MICHAEL ERVAN BRADYSpecialist Four · January 28, 1967
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- GERALD ANDREW DORRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- JACKYA KEDERIS GRANTCorporal · January 28, 1967
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.