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NELTON RAYMOND BRYANT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1939 – October 3, 1965
Service recordNelton Raymond Bryant, of Tylertown, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Tylertown, Mississippi (Walthall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1965; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 103
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- MICHAEL RAYMOND FULKPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
From Tylertown
- FORREST GOODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- JOHN HARRIS HOLMESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR GIBSONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLMESPrivate First Class · October 22, 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.