1st Lt Brian Neal Bradshaw
Birth: October 8, 1984 – Fort Lewis, Washington
Death: June 25, 2009 – Kheyl, Afghanistan
1st Lt. Bradshaw was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. He had been on patrol when his vehicle struck an improvised bomb. Bradshaw and the other soldiers escaped without injury, but with the soldiers out of their vehicle, a passing civilian truck detonated a second roadside bomb which killed him. Brian was born at Madigan Army Medical Center to military parents. He graduated from Bellarmine High School in Tacoma, Washington and then graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2007. While in high school, he served as a member of Pierce County Search and Rescue and was a counselor during summers at Camp Don Bosco where he had once been a camper himself. By the time he went to the university, he decided to join their ROTC program. After graduation, Brian joined the Army and was deployed to Afghanistan in March.
Burial: Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Washington – Section 6, Site 22
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