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WILLIAM OSLER BRANTLEY JR
Captain · U.S. Army
December 22, 1942 – November 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Osler Brantley JR, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 127
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 127
- CHARLES ROSS DEWINDTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- LARRY LYNN FOWLERCorporal · November 27, 1969
- LINWOOD EARL HYMANPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SILVAPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.