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PELLUM BRYANT JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1934 – July 26, 1966
Service recordPellum Bryant JR, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1934
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 77
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- JOHN E CHRISTIANSEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1966
- JOHN PATRICK HICKEYPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 77
- THOMAS WALKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 79
- DANNY WAYNE WANAMAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 79
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.