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LARRY ANTHONY BRANAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 30, 1949 – March 19, 1970
Service recordLarry Anthony Branam, of Cleveland, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Tennessee (Bradley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 19
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SWARTZSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
- DORRIS WAYNE TRAINERPrivate · March 18, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WISEMANSergeant · March 18, 1970
- DARRELL EUGENE AYERSStaff Sergeant · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENNY DAVID SLOATPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 23
From Cleveland
- WILLIAM LEROY JOHNSONCaptain · October 25, 1965
- JIMMY RAY WOLFESpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- JOHNNY HICKEYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- WILLFORD LEON DYERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
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.