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MICHAEL FRANCIS BRANIN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – November 13, 1968
Service recordMichael Francis Branin JR, of Kearny, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 58
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Kearny, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; six of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 58
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BUCHANANMajor · November 13, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN CARROLLPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · November 13, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HARNESSSergeant · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · Panel 39W, Line 58
- DONALD LARRY KEETERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 60
- THOMAS ANDREW NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 61
- JAMES COLEMAN HATHORNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 62
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 62
From Kearny
- THOMAS FRANK HORNBYCorporal · March 18, 1966
- THOMAS H WELSHSergeant First Class · May 16, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD MATUSCSAKPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSONSergeant · June 27, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM SINIBALDICorporal · August 14, 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.