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PAT GERARD BRANNON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 17, 1950 – October 22, 1971
Service recordPat Gerard Brannon, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 47
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 47
- HARRY HUBERT BRACK JRPrivate First Class · October 22, 1971
- DANNY ALLEN COWANFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1971
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 1971
- MAURICE EDWIN GARRETT JRCaptain · October 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROY DWIGHT BARNESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 46
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 47
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.