18 Aug 2004 Pfc Hippie was killed while walking point on 29 May 1968. Early on the morning of the 29th we moved out of our position to sweep through a bombed out village. After moving approximately 100 yards Pfc Hippie turned and shouted to the squad leader that he saw movement in a treeline. A few seconds later the treeline erupted with automatic weapons and machine guns. The fight that ensued lasted well into the afternoon. Casualties were heavy. I had the opportunity to serve with Pfc Hippie from infantry training at Camp Geiger, NC, until his death. He was a friend and I will never forget him. We had only been in country a few weeks and this was the first action we had been in. From a fellow Marine, Richard Dean Todd sccoast_29577@yahoo.com

 

Notes from The Virtual Wall Delta 1/3 Marines lost six men killed in action in the fight described above: Cpl John M. Johnson, Holland, OH LCpl Gene T. Grant, Bridgeville, DE LCpl Michael T. Latham, Fort Wayne, IN Pfc Gary A. Breck, Santa Barbara, CA Pfc Bradford J. Hippie, Jersey City, NJ Pfc Donald S. Palmore, Cincinnati, OH Alpha 1/3 lost four more men. All the military records show his surname spelled as "Hippie" and his name is engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that way: In 1995, when the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial was being developed, Bradford's brother contacted the New Jersey organization and requested that his name be spelled "Hippe" - and so it is: Army PFC Charlie A. Carden shares the New Jersey memorial panel for 29 May; he and eight other men from A Company, 1/35 Infantry, were killed in a firefight on 29 May 1966.

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