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JERRY LEON BRANSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1946 – September 19, 1966
Service recordJerry Leon Branson, of Owensville, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Owensville, Missouri (Gasconade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966; nine 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 116
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- FRANK MONROE BROWN JRLieutenant · September 19, 1966
- MANUEL LEROY CARROLLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
From Owensville
- WILLARD GENE STORIEChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 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.