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FRANCIS LEON BRYANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1943 – November 14, 1967
Service recordFrancis Leon Bryant, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 93
- VERNON PATRICK SPRINKLEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD KOVALCSIKCorporal · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD DOUGLAS JRCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 94
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · Panel 29E, Line 96
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.