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WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCH
Captain · U.S. Army
July 11, 1941 – June 6, 1970
Service recordWilliam Anderson Branch, of Belleville, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (59301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Belleville, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 18
- MICHAEL JOHN BLANSCETCaptain · June 6, 1970
- ROBERT RAY BOESKOOLCorporal · June 6, 1970
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
- LAWRENCE DEAN BURGESSSergeant · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BECKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 17
- ROBERT RAY BOESKOOLCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 18
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 18
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 19
From Belleville
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JERRY RICHARD DONATIELLOLance Corporal · November 20, 1967
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DONALD BARON SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 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.