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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Cullie Wilson Bryant.

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CULLIE WILSON BRYANT

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 16, 1949 – January 13, 1968

Service record

Cullie Wilson Bryant, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 34E · Line 40

Position of Panel 34E 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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
Unit (as recorded)
235 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
Born
September 16, 1949
Home of record
Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 13, 1968
Age
18
Province
Phong Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 34E, Line 40

From Ft Myers

All 23 names from Ft Myers →

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.