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DAN E BRYAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordDan E Bryan, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 22
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 22
- KENNETH JEFFREY ALLENPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWIN BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JERRY CLARK BURKHEADCorporal · February 8, 1968
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES MCCUBBINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 34
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 39
- KLAUS JOSEF STRAUSSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 40
- ONNIE THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 40
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
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.