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EMMETT JOSEPH BRYANT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1929 – February 9, 1965
Service recordEmmett Joseph Bryant, of Greensburg, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 16, 1929
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 86
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- JOHN GRADY WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1965
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 86
- JOHN WAYNE MALAPELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 1E, Line 87
From Greensburg
- ROBERT CECIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- GILTON WALTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- MELVIN GENE BRYANTCorporal · October 1, 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.