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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Bryant D Fannin.

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BRYANT D FANNIN

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

June 7, 1935 – November 15, 1967

Service record

Bryant D Fannin, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 29E · Line 99

Position of Panel 29E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
June 7, 1935
Home of record
Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 15, 1967
Age
32
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 29E, Line 99

Same unit, same day

From Baltimore

All 419 names from Baltimore →

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.