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DONNY JOE BRASWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 22, 1950 – July 10, 1970
Service recordDonny Joe Braswell, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Lawrenceville, Georgia (Gwinnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 8
- ROY ALBERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
- DENNIS KEITH MARTINSergeant · July 10, 1970
- JOHN SAMUELS MYERSStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1970
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JERRY FOUCHESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 7
- ROGER DALE HARTNESSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 7
- JOHN SAMUELS MYERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 8
From Lawrenceville
- JOHN RANDOLPH COOPER JRSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- FRANCIS MCDOWALL JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 12, 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.