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DONALD RAY BRYANT
Captain · U.S. Army
June 15, 1935 – June 27, 1966
Service recordDonald Ray Bryant, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 161 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 100
- JACKIE LEE GOFORTHPrivate · June 27, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- FOSTER BISHOP MILLERCorporal · September 4, 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.