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MELVIN GENE BRYANT
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – October 1, 1970
Service recordMelvin Gene Bryant, of Greensburg, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 102
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 102
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1970
- JEROME RAYMOND FRILLINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- BERNARD JOSEPH RAFFERTYLance Corporal · September 30, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE BERKHOLTZSergeant · October 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WAYNE BERKHOLTZSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 102
- DAVID ALLAN CASONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 103
- HASKELL JUNIOR DOLANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 103
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 104
- LEE CURTIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 104
- LEVERETT E YARBROUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 104
From Greensburg
- EMMETT JOSEPH BRYANTStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- ROBERT CECIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- GILTON WALTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
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.