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ROBERT LAMARR BRYAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – July 13, 1970
Service recordRobert Lamarr Bryan, of Colon, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Colon, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 14
- ROSS EDWARD BEDIENTSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- LARRY DOUGLAS ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE EVANSCorporal · July 13, 1970
- DAVID BARTOW HAYESSergeant First Class · July 13, 1970
From Colon
- ELWIN JAY LAMBSergeant · June 29, 1967
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.