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LESTER J BRANTLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1936 – August 20, 1969
Service recordLester J Brantley, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 76
- DONALD FRED WOODFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1969
- LEONARD JAMES ZIGALLATechnical Sergeant · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD PATRICK ALBERTCorporal · August 20, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE BAZEMOREPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDGARDO RAFAEL LATORRECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 80
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.