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BOBBY RAY BRYANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1947 – October 2, 1966
Service recordBobby Ray Bryant, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 35
- THOMAS EDWIN BEGLINGERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- PEPITO CAGUIMBALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- JIMMIE DELL GRAYSergeant · October 2, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PEPITO CAGUIMBALPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 35
- DOUGLAS ROY LUECKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 36
- RONALD HENRY MISSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 36
- FRANCIS PATRICK ROYALPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 37
- ROY SALAZARPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 37
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.