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JAMES MILES BRANDON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1946 – March 17, 1967
Service recordJames Miles Brandon JR, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 99
- GEORGE AGUIRRECorporal · March 17, 1967
- ANDREW ALBERT ALDERMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 17, 1967
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM BARISICPrivate · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT BOUGHTON BEALECaptain · March 17, 1967
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- WILLIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.