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DAVID CRAIG BRANNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1949 – October 30, 1969
Service recordDavid Craig Brannon, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · 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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 2
- JUAN BOSCO BERUMENSpecialist Four · October 29, 1969
- JEROME GERALD HATTERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1969
- GEORGE RAYMOND HUNTZINGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1969
- STEPHEN SHERWOOD MACVEANLieutenant · October 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER EUGENE CARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 4
- ROBERT MILLARD GROSCOSTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 4
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.