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JOHN HARRISON BRANCATO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1949 – February 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Harrison Brancato JR, of La Grange, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 81
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- La Grange, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 81
- RUSSELL BIGBEE CORBIN JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALFRED COUCHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDY PAUL CRAWFORDCorporal · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD STEPHEN DORSCHPrivate · February 7, 1968
From La Grange
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER GETLINCaptain · March 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JEROME CLARK IIIMajor · November 30, 1967
- GEORGE BOTESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JAMES CRAIG MCPHILLIPSLance Corporal · October 24, 1969
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.