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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jerry W Brannock.

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JERRY W BRANNOCK

Private First Class · U.S. Army

January 8, 1944 – December 11, 1967

Service record

Jerry W Brannock, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31E · Line 80

Position of Panel 31E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Born
January 8, 1944
Home of record
Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 11, 1967
Age
23
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 31E, Line 80

From Hickory

All 17 names from Hickory →

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.