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HOWARD WAYNE BRAMLETT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1950 – December 30, 1970
Service recordHoward Wayne Bramlett JR, of Florence, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 14
- LONNIE EUGENE DUMASSergeant · December 29, 1970
- TIMOTHY HOWARD LACYSpecialist Four · December 29, 1970
- JOHN EMORY NORTONCorporal · December 29, 1970
- PARK GEORGE BUNKERCaptain · December 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVE SPENCER DENIKESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 15
- BRIAN ANTHONY HORINEKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 15
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.