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DAVID WATSON BRANTLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – June 7, 1968
Service recordDavid Watson Brantley, of Brunswick, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 19
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Brunswick, Georgia (Glynn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 19
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL BECKERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD BELCHERSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS BRADFORDLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
From Brunswick
- ARTHUR MITCHELL DOWNSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT RHODESLance Corporal · January 30, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LAWRENCELance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- WILLIS LEROY WOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM TYLER HANCOCKPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · December 11, 1968
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
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.