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ROY LEE BRANHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1949 – May 11, 1967
Service recordRoy Lee Branham, of Dexter, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Dexter, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 89
- PERCY EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- RONALD LEE CHISHOLMLance Corporal · May 11, 1967
From Dexter
- ROBERT CLARENCE MARVINLieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JAMES WILSON HARTERSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.