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TROY ELLIS BRANTLEY JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1926 – August 22, 1971
Service recordTroy Ellis Brantley JR, of Ray City, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 135
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1926
- Home of record
- Ray City, Georgia (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1971
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 135
- JOHNNY HOWARD CHAPMANCorporal · August 20, 1971
- JOHNNY EUGENE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 20, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES GUIDRYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1971
- JAMES JOSEPH WINSONSpecialist Five · August 21, 1971
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.