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MARK CURTIS BRANTLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – June 20, 1970
Service recordMark Curtis Brantley, of El Monte, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 71
- LARRY ROBERT LADDSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- JOHNNY MACK WATSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT BONNERSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- ROBERT F COLATRUGLIOWarrant Officer 1 · June 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRIEMEStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 72
- RONALD EUGENE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 74
- DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTHPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 75
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 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.