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WILBUR RALPH BRANNING JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1949 – September 16, 1968
Service recordWilbur Ralph Branning JR, of Denison, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Denison, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 1
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · September 15, 1968
- DWIGHT LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- RAYMOND DELMAR BAKERSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- RICHARD JODY MARTINPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
From Denison
- JAMES DANIEL STRIDE JRStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- CLYDE RAY GREENStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- EHRHARD HANS KONRAD POHLSergeant · March 22, 1970
- CHARLES MILFORD KNOWLESFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- DANNY LEON ROBINETTESpecialist Four · June 23, 1970
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.