Broad, William Ray, HM3

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class

Last Primary NEC
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospital Corpsman

Primary Unit
1967-1968, HM-8404, 3rd Bn, 7th Marine Regiment (3/7)

Service Years
1961 - 1967

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Personal Details

Home State

Oklahoma

Year of Birth
1942

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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Richard Lee Hopka, HM1 - Deceased

Casualty Info

Home Town Tulsa, OK	Last Address Tulsa, OK

Casualty Date Jan 28, 1967
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Vietnam, South (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Bixby Cemetery - Bixby, Oklahoma	Wall/Plot Coordinates 14E 090 / Block 5, Lot 101, Space 7

Official Badges

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1967, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2015, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2015, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Mike Company, 3/7 Marines


Date Jan 28, 1967
Last Updated: Nov 9, 2012

Comments
Mike Company, 3/7 Marines, lost six men on 28 Jan 1967: SSgt Fred L. Pedersen, Azusa, CA Sgt Russell M. Wagner, Vallejo, CA HM3 William R. Broad, Tulsa, OK (Silver Star) CPL Jackya K. Grant, Chicago, IL CPL Pedro A. Swenson, Willow Grove, PA HN Joe F. Kelley, Applegate, CA The two Corpsmen, HM3 Broad and HN Kelley, were formally assigned to H&S Company, 3/7, but were in the field with Mike Company. Petty Officer Broad received the Silver Star, America's third highest award for valor in combat, for the actions which led to his death. "You guys are the Marine's doctors - There's none better in the business than a Navy Corpsman ..."

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