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BRYANT RUSSELL POWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1945 – October 11, 1966
Service recordBryant Russell Powell, of Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 11E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 67
- DAVID DRAKE PERKINSPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN BARRETTLance Corporal · October 12, 1966
- ROBERT ERVA BERRYLance Corporal · October 12, 1966
- REGIS PETER DEBOLDLance Corporal · October 12, 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.