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EDUARDO PAUL BRANES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1943 – April 20, 1967
Service recordEduardo Paul Branes, of Elmhurst, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 52
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
- Signal Supply And Parts Specialist (76G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 52
- GEORGE TYRUS BEANSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- JAVIER BECERRALance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- RUFUS RAY CROOMSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- DAVID LEE DELAUGHDERPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
From Elmhurst
- JEAN CLAUDE T E ESNAULTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1963
- IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMANTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE TUCKERMajor · October 1, 1967
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · January 10, 1968
- BRUCE LEVYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ULDIS JACK MALMANISCorporal · October 9, 1968
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.