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THOMAS MELVIN BRYANT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – June 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Melvin Bryant, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 32
- JAMES FRANCIS ENGELMEIERCorporal · June 12, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN FULLERPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT GOODENCorporal · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 30
- PAUL R ROSSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 36
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.