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PHILLIP MICHAEL BRANDON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1951 – March 7, 1971
Service recordPhillip Michael Brandon, of Beallsville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Beallsville, Ohio (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 30
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- MARK AFFLERBACHCaptain · March 7, 1971
- RANDOLPH JEFFERSON ARDChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 7, 1971
- TERRY LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · March 7, 1971
From Beallsville
- JACK PITTMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DUANE THEODORE GREENLEEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CHARLES GLENN SCHNEGGCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RICHARD LEE RUCKERSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT LUCASPetty Officer Third Class · March 9, 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.