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JAMES ROBERT BRYANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1953 – March 7, 1972
Service recordJames Robert Bryant, of Ironton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1953
- Home of record
- Ironton, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 113
- ROBERT MONTOLVE DELGADOSergeant · March 6, 1972
- REGEN ALBERT MONETTESpecialist Four · March 6, 1972
- CARTER AVERY HOWELLCaptain · March 7, 1972
- STEPHEN ARTHUR RUSCHCaptain · March 7, 1972
From Ironton
- WILLIAM THOMAS BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1965
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 28, 1966
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BROWNSergeant · February 12, 1969
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 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.