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DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROM
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 23, 1947 – December 8, 1966
Service recordDavid Joseph Ri Branstrom, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 8, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 20
- TILDEN BRUCE ZANEPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- SALVATORE PETER CEMELLIPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 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.