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ALEXANDER BRYANT BRANTLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 21, 1941 – June 11, 1969
Service recordAlexander Bryant Brantley, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1941
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 18
- CHARLES MARTIN BEARPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- DANIEL HYMAN BOLDENSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- RUSSELL DON BUCKNERPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CARLOS MANUEL COLLAZOSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- TERRY FRANCIS DROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 20
- MICHAEL GREGG WORLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 29
- FRED JOSEPH ZYCKSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 29
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.