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CLAYTON CHARLES BRANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1942 – August 16, 1968
Service recordClayton Charles Brannon, of Freeport, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Freeport, Florida (Walton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 23
- GARY DEAN BOWLINGSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT JAY BROWNCorporal · August 16, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK COOKPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
From Freeport
- WILLIAM THEODORE JOHNSONCorporal · April 1, 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.