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DAVID MIKE BRANCIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1941 – April 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Mike Brancio, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 36
- THOMAS KEITH BEAMONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- MORRIS ELTON CASHSergeant Major · April 23, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.