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HARRY WALTER BRANHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1946 – March 18, 1967
Service recordHarry Walter Branham, of Monroe, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 107
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signal Supply And Parts Specialist (76G)
- Born
- February 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Monroe, Virginia (Amherst County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- 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 March 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 107
- MAXIM CHARLES PARKERSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERSSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SMITHSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- CHARLIE EARL THOMPSONSergeant · March 18, 1967
From Monroe
- ROGER LEE FLOYDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- RAYMOND MASSIE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- CURTIS ONEIL MILLERPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
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.