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RICHARD CARL BRANDT
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1946 – December 7, 1966
Service recordRichard Carl Brandt, of Berlin, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 17
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Berlin, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 17
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- FRANCISCO MARIO TAMAYO JRLance Corporal · December 6, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL TROYERFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1966
- DONALD A WISESpecialist Five · December 6, 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.