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DAVID WESLEY BRANCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1946 – October 7, 1966
Service recordDavid Wesley Branch, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 55
- GARY WILLIAM BRAASCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES BROCKMANNSecond Lieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN CANOVAPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ORMAN LEE CROSSLEY JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANCIS DALOLA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 56
- WILLIE JUNIUS ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 58
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 59
From Daytona Beach
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · June 19, 1969
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.