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ARLIS RAY BRANSCUM
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1949 – February 8, 1970
Service recordArlis Ray Branscum, of Missouri, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 114
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Missouri, Arkansas
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 114
- STEVEN MARK KUSTERStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1970
- WILLIAM VINCENT YOUNGSpecialist Five · February 7, 1970
- MAHLON RONNIE ARNETTSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
- GILBERT BLANDONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- RODRIGO FUENTES IBARRAMaster Sergeant · February 8, 1970
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.