Local Vietnam veteran helps locate bodies of fallen soldiers

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Local Vietnam veteran helps locate bodies of fallen soldiers

Stefan Bradley He took part in a battle that killed Vietnamese soldiers, and buried them in a crater. More than 50 years later, Stratford resident and Vietnam veteran John Bryant has helped recover 20 bodies from that site, who were then honoured at a memorial in April this year. It was 56 years ago during the Vietnam War that the Battle of Balmoral changed Mr Bryant’s life forever. In May 1968, aged just 20 years old, Mr Bryant was part of the …