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GEORGE ALLEN BRANCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordGeorge Allen Branch, of Minden, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Minden, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 38
- WILLARD GORDON BELLOMYSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BIENEMANPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- STEPHEN CORNELL BRUNTONPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- DANIEL CARDENAS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
From Minden
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JAMES RONALD GARCIASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPERCaptain · May 18, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 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.