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LIONEL JOHN BRYAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1944 – January 5, 1966
Service recordLionel John Bryan JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Management Specialist (71K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 28, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 53
- LEO ANGELO REMONDINI JRSergeant · January 3, 1966
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- FRANCIS WAYNE BEAGLESergeant · January 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 54
- ALTON LOUIS GAJANChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 4E, Line 54
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 54
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 55
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.