John Frederic Bradman

First Lieutenant
A CO, 1ST BN, 12TH CAVALRY, 1 CAV DIV
Army of the United States
23 March 1946 - 18 February 1970
Bordentown, New Jersey
Panel 13W Line 026

1 CAV DIV

12TH CAV RGT
Combat Infantry

National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for John Frederic Bradman

Veterans' Day 2000

John Bradman was a member of the Class of '68 at the Citadel. We remembered each of our fallen classmates at our 30th re-union at the Citadel in 1998. All will be remembered as friends and classmates.

Our lives are all much the better for having known and loved you. Rest in peace, dear friends. You will always be remembered.

Jim Chappelear
8412 Forest Creek Rd, Waldorf MD 20603
Class of 1968
The Citadel
sundog60@aol.com


REMEMBERING OUR VIETNAM LOSSES FROM THE CLASS OF 1968
Barry Allmond John Bradman Chris Clearwaters
Johnny Fuller Carl Peterson Buddy Suprenant
Bob Woodhouse

31 Jul 2006

LT Bradman was my Platoon Leader and died at my side. He was an exemplary officer that I was always willing to follow. He was also a very fine man and died much too young. I think of him often and trust he is remembered by many.

Squad Leader, 1st Squad, 1st Platoon,
Dan Johnson
994 Nottingham Lane, Atlanta, Ga. 30319
dannycjohnson@mindspring.com

04 Jun 2007

One fine Cadet. I will miss him always! Semper Fi.

From a fellow cadet,
Tim Pennypacker
capejustice@hotmail.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

A Company, 1/12 Cavalry, lost five men on 18 Feb 1970. Four of them were killed when UH-1H tail number 68-15251 was shot down in Quang Duc Province while entering a hot LZ during an air assault. Three aircrewmen also died in the crash:
  • Aircrew, A Co, 227th AHB
    • WO Paul E. Ash, Louisville, KY
    • WO Eric W. Taylor, New York, NY
    • SP4 Maxie D. Linam, Tulsa, OK

  • Passengers, all A Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cavalry
    • SP4 Brian M. Flannery, Chicago, IL
    • PFC James R. Clark, Wadsworth, OH
    • PFC James N. Diedrich, Hilbert, WI
    • PFC Roger W. Fike, Cambridge, IL
The fifth loss from Alpha 1/12 was 1st Lt John F. Bradman, who died in an undefined accident in adjacent Phuoc Long Province.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a college classmate,
Jim Chappelear
8412 Forest Creek Rd, Waldorf MD
sundog60@aol.com



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 11 Nov 2000
Last updated 12/23/2007