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DANIEL ALEXANDER BRANSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1936 – April 14, 1968
Service recordDaniel Alexander Branson, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 51
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 5, 1936
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 51
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- ROGER LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- JORGE ARTURO CASTROPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRANPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
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.