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WILLIE JOE BRAMLET
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1937 – March 5, 1966
Service recordWillie Joe Bramlet, of Brownfield, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Communications Chief (31H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- July 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Brownfield, Texas (Terry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 112
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- RAY MAX BARNWELLSpecialist Five · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
From Brownfield
- EVARISTO SANDOVALSergeant · September 12, 1967
- RAUL GRIMALDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JULIUS R ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- FRED GRABIEL GUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN CLARK IIMajor · December 5, 1969
- CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMBPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 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.