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JAMES CURTIS BRANNAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1928 – March 31, 1969
Service recordJames Curtis Brannan, of Slidell, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 96
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
- Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor (63Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 26, 1928
- Home of record
- Slidell, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 96
- RICHARD CARL BEHNKECaptain · March 31, 1969
- HERBERT EUGENE BELCHERPetty Officer First Class · March 31, 1969
- DONALD LEE BRUCKARTSeaman · March 31, 1969
- WILLIAM GREGORY BURKEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN PACESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 100
From Slidell
- MICHAEL GENE ISELYPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- JACK EATONStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS ALPHONSE PICHON JRGunnery Sergeant · March 24, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CIRUTIPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JOHN ALFRED LASSITERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · March 20, 1970
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.