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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Blackshear M Bryan JR.

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BLACKSHEAR M BRYAN JR

Major · U.S. Army

October 28, 1929 – September 22, 1967

Service record

Blackshear M Bryan JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26E · Line 111

Position of Panel 26E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Air Observation Pilot (1981)
Unit (as recorded)
210 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
Born
October 28, 1929
Home of record
Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 22, 1967
Age
37
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 26E, Line 111

From Washington

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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.