More detail on this person: WILLIAM LOUIS
BRADNER of Winter Springs, FL - he was the son
of Harry R and Beatrice Wonderly Bradner. Bill was
a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam
Wars who served as an aerial Field Artillery
Forward Observer in Tongduchon, Korea, two tours
as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and earned the
Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in the
Battle of Soui Tre, Vietnam when he repeatedly
flew his damaged aircraft into enemy fire to
rescue wounded comrades. Preceded in death by
his wife of 58 years, Marilyn (married 1951);
children, Martin and Alison and brothers, H
Robert, Richard, James and David, surviving are
children, Jeffrey Bradner of Winter Springs,
Gregory Bradner (Kristie) of Yorktown, VA,
Rebecca Havel (Mike) of Winter Springs;
grandchildren, Jessica Carwile (David), Megan
Wilson (Jeffery), Aaron Bradner, Michael Havel and
Matthew Havel and great-grandchildren, Andrew and
Bradley Carwile and Ian and Ellie Wilson. Services
will be held at St Stephen Church in Winter
Springs, FL on April 20, 2017. Published in the
Orlando Sentinel on Apr. 16, 2017.
Burial: All Faiths Memorial Park, Casselberry,
Seminole County, Florida, USA
Burial information: All Faiths Memorial Park, Casselberry, FL
This information was last updated 04/21/2017
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