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JAMES BRANCH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1926 – February 13, 1969
Service recordJames Branch, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1926
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 24
- KENNETH ROBERT SAWYERCaptain · February 12, 1969
- RUBEN ANGUIANOPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- DANA RANDOLPH BARKERFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID BENIENCaptain · February 13, 1969
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.