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DAVE WILLIAM BRANT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1941 – October 14, 1968
Service recordDave William Brant, of Mattawan, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 62
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Mattawan, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 62
- JOHN PETER COUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
- SYLVESTER JOSEPH HOWARDLance Corporal · October 14, 1968
- CLIFFORD A KUEBLER JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT PARSONSLance Corporal · October 14, 1968
From Mattawan
- JAMES EUGENE DENNANYColonel · November 12, 1969
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.