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ROSCOE EDWARD BRYANT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – February 27, 1968
Service recordRoscoe Edward Bryant, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 48
- JOHN EDWARD BERGERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOHN BURDICKPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROY NEIL BURRISLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAMIRO ALVARADOSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 47
- DOUGLAS JOHN BURDICKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 48
- ROBERT LAWRENCE POWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 53
- FERNANDO MENDOZA QUINTEROSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 53
- RODNEY ALLEN ROATPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 53
- JOSE ANTONIO HINOJOSAPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 55
- GEORGE EDGAR SPECKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 55
- JOSE RAFAEL TAVAREZSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 56
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.