William Michael Bridgeford
Private First Class
C CO, 3RD BN, 60TH INFANTRY, 9TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 17, 1949 to January 10, 1968
WILLIAM M BRIDGEFORD is on the Wall at Panel 34E, Line 25

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The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.

Bridgeford left West Philadelphia High School to enlist in the Army, but later told his brother he felt he should have stayed in school. Before entering the service, he worked as a stock boy and dishwasher. He was a light weapons infantryman assigned to Company C of the 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. The private first class died in the Mekong Delta Region of Viet Nam on January 10, 1968, a week before his 19th birthday. He was survived by his mother, three brothers and two sisters.

From a native Philadelphian and Marine,
Jim McIlhenney
christianamacks@comcast.net


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