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BRYAN THOMAS KAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1947 – August 7, 1968
Service recordBryan Thomas Kay, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 24
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 24
- STANLEY R BUSTAMANTE JRLance Corporal · August 7, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES KEEFERCorporal · August 7, 1968
- DONALD HENRY MABRYCaptain · August 7, 1968
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARYL CHESTER CULVERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 22
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
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.