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JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – July 20, 1967
Service recordJohnny Thomas Branham, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, South Carolina (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 93
- JOHN ALFONSOLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN LUPASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GURLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 94
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 94
From Winnsboro
- JAMES MYER THOMASLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- HAROLD MCGILL RENWICK JRCaptain · February 27, 1968
- STEPHEN RANDOLPH HILTONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELLMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1971
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.