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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Freddie Isidore Branch.

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FREDDIE ISIDORE BRANCH

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

October 2, 1947 – May 17, 1966

Service record

Freddie Isidore Branch, of Espanola, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 7E · Line 67

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Combat Engineer (1371)
Unit (as recorded)
E CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
Born
October 2, 1947
Home of record
Espanola, New Mexico (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 17, 1966
Age
18
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.