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DAVID EDWIN BRYANT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – February 8, 1968
Service recordDavid Edwin Bryant JR, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 22
- KENNETH JEFFREY ALLENPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JERRY CLARK BURKHEADCorporal · February 8, 1968
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEE THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 40
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.