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PAUL DEWITT BRANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1947 – April 29, 1970
Service recordPaul Dewitt Brannon, of Newville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Newville, Alabama (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 67
- WENDELL LEE BROWNCaptain · April 29, 1970
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · April 29, 1970
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- LOUIS ANTHONY FAVUZZAFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1970
From Newville
- BARRY BRYANT COERSWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1969
- WALTER JIM HOGANSFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 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.