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HARRY G BRANNON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1936 – August 15, 1966
Service recordHarry G Brannon, of Gloucester, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Gloucester, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 6
- JEFFREY BURTON WAGMANSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- HECTOR SANTOS ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- FRED BROWN JRSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 8
From Gloucester
- JOHN JOSEPH RODGERSPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DANIELSSergeant · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM BERNARD HAMACHERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGECorporal · August 24, 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.