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RONNIE FRANKLIN BRANAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordRonnie Franklin Branam, of Athens, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Athens, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 8
- SHERRICK CAMDEN BRITTONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- AUBREY ALLEN BRYANSergeant First Class · April 10, 1968
- GARY LEE BURKEPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FRANK HARRY BUSHEYPrivate · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY DALE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 17
From Athens
- CHARLES THOMAS OWENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1967
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- HERSHEL LEE WALTO GOSSETTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- MILARD LUTHER E BLEDSOEStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- FREDDIE MICHAEL SHERLINSpecialist Five · August 8, 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.