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DANIEL ALLAN BRANCHEAU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1950 – August 26, 1971
Service recordDaniel Allan Brancheau, of Newport, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Newport, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 2
- BOBBY FRANK LIMERICKSergeant · August 25, 1971
- GEORGE ANTHONY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- KENNETH RAY GULLETTStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1971
- RODNEY CECIL HARSCHSeaman · August 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ANTHONY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 2
- JOHN PAUL HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 3
- CURTIS CHARLES KASTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 3
- RODOLFO VALDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 3
- ROBERT NICHOLAS VENNIKStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 3
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.