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JOHNNY LEON BRYANT
Captain · U.S. Army
August 16, 1943 – May 22, 1969
Service recordJohnny Leon Bryant, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 74
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 74
- RALPH WILSON CONNERS JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- CLARENCE CREAGHEADSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- JOHN LEE CROYPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARNOLDMajor · Panel 24W, Line 73
- THOMAS CARMINE DEPALMAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 76
- DOUGLAS FILLEBROWN MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 78
From Maryville
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 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.