12 Aug 2001 I think that David came to A Ccompany in April of 68. I know that he was with us at Ton Son Nhut Air Base so that was in April. He was well liked from the start. David was assigned to 2nd squad 3rd platoon (track 32) as a rifleman, as we were always short on people to carry a rifle. Throughout the time that David was with us he moved up in rank and more responsibility came his way. By the time that we moved into Dau Tieng he was sharing walking point for the platoon with me. Platoon Sergeant Jackson had me start to train Bradshaw to take over the Squad as I would be leaving soon. On the morning of 14 Nov 68 Sergeant Jackson came to me and said that David would be taking over the squad. I was under 30 days left in Nam so it was David's turn to be squad leader. That morning A Company was to sweep along the south side of Thunder Road. 3rd platoon was on point for the day. David was walking point with a Scout Dog and Handler when a command detonated mine was set off. We lost the dog, handler, and David to the mine - there were a few wounded too. This was a great loss to all us as David was a good soldier and a good friend. Those of us from A Company that are still in touch talk of David often. Randy Kethcart randy@bobcat.ws He is not forgotten by the BOBCATS of the 5TH INFANTRY REGIMENT

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 14 Nov 1968 incident described above actually killed four men, and wounded one ARVN and two US soldiers. The American dead were SP4 David A. Bradshaw, Chelsea, OK, A/1/5 PFC Lester R. Davis, Decaturville, TN, A/1/5 PFC Wayne M. Horne, Yonkers, NY, A/1/5 PFC Robert T. Jones, Des Moines, IA, A/1/5 PFC Larry L. Johnson, Anaheim, CA, 44th Inf Plt (Scout Dog)

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