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JOHN LESLIE BRANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1952 – August 19, 1971
Service recordJohn Leslie Brannon, of Harbor, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 133
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
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 6, 1952
- Home of record
- Harbor, Oregon (Curry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 133
- TIMOTHY JAMES LYNCHSpecialist Four · August 16, 1971
- ANTONIO TONY TOSAPrivate · August 17, 1971
- ARTHUR GERALD DENTONSergeant First Class · August 18, 1971
- WILLIE CLYDE KUYKENDALLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL EUGENE GOODINSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 134
- BRUCE MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 134
From Harbor
- GAYLORD NATHA KLINEFELTERPrivate First Class · February 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.