NAME: William David Bradley
NICKNAME:
RANK: Master Sergeant
BRANCH: USA
STATUS: Retired
SERVICE: 22 years
DOB: 20 April 1939

SERVICE INFORMATION

HOURS FLOWN: 5000+
COMBAT HOURS: 1500+
FLT/NCO CLASS: CL 7-74
SCHOOL:
MILITARY SCHOOL: Aircraft Maintenance Advance NCO Course
AVN DESIGNATION:

AIRCRAFT INFORMATION

Qualified to work on:
AH-1S/G CH-34C UH-1D VH-1N

COMBAT EXPERIENCE

Vietnam Defense
Vietnam Counter Offensive I, II, V, and VI
Tet '69 Counter Offensive
Vietnam Summer-Fall '69

UNIT ASSIGNMENTS

1965 AVN CO, 7th SF - Dominican Republic
1965-1966 A/229th AVN BN - An Khe RVN
1968-1969 D/229th AVN Bn - Dau Tieng RVN
1971-1976 Presidential FLT DET

POSITIONS HELD

Crew Engineer
Aircraft Technical Inspector
Senior Aircraft Technical Inspector
Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor
Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant

DECORATIONS

Bronze Star (2)
Air Medal (15)
Army Commendation Medal (2)
Good Conduct Medal (7)
Nat'l Defense Service Medal

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

On missions to reinforce the SF camp at Plei Me, breaking the NVA siege by our support of 2/7 CAV
Crew chief/gunner on first lift (UH-1D #778) inserting 1/7 CAV into LZ Xray and also LZ Albany (11/14/65)
Crewed CH-34 transport mission w/President JFK on 21 May 62 in England
Crewed 2nd UH-1D to land at San Isidro during communist takeover of Dominican Republic in '65
Served as VH-1N QC Supervisor w/Executive FLT DET during Nixon and Ford Administration