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JOHN DARRALL BRYANT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 17, 1951 – December 8, 1970
Service recordJohn Darrall Bryant, of Miami, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 114
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 114
- ARDEN RUSSELL LYBERGERSergeant · December 8, 1970
- WILLIAM HAROLD MARTINStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1970
- MARK CHARLES WITTBRACHTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS CONNOLLYPrivate · December 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HAROLD MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 114
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.