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DAVID EUGENE BRYANT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – October 19, 1970
Service recordDavid Eugene Bryant, of Warner Robins, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 8
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Warner Robins, Georgia (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 8
- FREDERICK LEROY NUTTERPetty Officer Second Class · October 18, 1970
- DONALD BRITTON SOWELLPrivate · October 18, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 1970
- DENCIL RAY BLANKENSHIPSergeant First Class · October 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENCIL RAY BLANKENSHIPSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 8
- CLEATIS LYNN BURGESSCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 9
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 9
From Warner Robins
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- ALTON JIMMY FENNELLPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- HAROLD TOMPKINSPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY GORDON CHANDLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- ALVIN MAYNARD SLATONCorporal · March 5, 1969
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1970
- DAVID LEE WAGNERTechnical Sergeant · May 17, 1972
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.