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IRA CHARLES BRANK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 14, 1942 – September 20, 1971
Service recordIra Charles Brank, of Wheelwright, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 21
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Wheelwright, Kentucky (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 21
- LAWRENCE LEROY COVERLieutenant Commander · September 20, 1971
- HAROLD EDWARD COWENPetty Officer First Class · September 20, 1971
- DUANE GARTH FORGETTESpecialist Four · September 20, 1971
- LAWRENCE BRADFORD FORRESTERAirman First Class · September 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RUEBEN THOMAS ARAGONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 20
- DUANE GARTH FORGETTESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 21
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.