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JAMES ALLAN BRANSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1946 – September 10, 1966
Service recordJames Allan Branson, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 84
- HAROLD MICHAEL PATENAUDEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- THOMAS GLEN RICHMONDCorporal · September 10, 1966
- JEFFREY TERRY ROEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- ALFRED LEE STONEHOUSEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 1967
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.