SP4
Donald
Leon
"Don"
Braman
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 21
in Ấp Bắc, Vietnam
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jul 2019
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Biography
- Was married at time of death
Military Service
Specialist Fourth Class Donald Braman was Killed in Action in Vietnam during The Vietnam War.
SP4 Donald Braman served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War
Service started: 1960
Unit(s): 93rd Transportation Company
Service ended: 2 Jan 1963
Service started: 1960
Unit(s): 93rd Transportation Company
Service ended: 2 Jan 1963
- Killed in Action at the Battle of Ap Bac
- Event: Death
- Casualty Type: Hostile, Died
- Casualty Cause Note: Air Loss, Crash - Land
- Military Unit: Army
- Military Component: Regular
- Military Command: 1st Avn Bde
- Military Company or Battery: 93rd Trans Co (June 23, 1963 this Company gets redesignated to become the 121st (Aviation) Assault Helicopter Company "The Soc Trang Tigers")
- Military Rank: Specialist Fourth Class
- Occupation: Single-Engine, Single Rotor Observation Helicopter Mechanic (ARMY)
- Service Number: 14710968
- Residence Place: Mystic, Connecticut, United States
- Panel: 01E
- Line Number: 015
- Was acting as door gunner, helicopter was shot down in an attempt to rescue another helicopter crew.
- Classroom Building 6022 at Fort Rucker is named "Braman Hall" in honor of Donald Leon Braman.
- Distinguished Flying Cross (posthumous)
- Purple Heart
- Air Medal
- National Defense Service Medal
- Vietnam Service Medal
Burial
- Fort Knox Post Cemetery, Fort Knox, Hardin, Kentucky
Sources
- "United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXCC-QW1 : 12 December 2014), Donald L Braman, 02 Jan 1963; citing Death, , NARA NAID 641697, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
- "United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXXY-3M8 : 12 December 2014), Donald Leon Braman, 02 Jan 1963; citing Ap Bac I, Kien Tuong, South Vietnam, panel 01E, line 015, NARA NAID 571687, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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Categories: Military and War, Unconnected Profiles | National Defense Service Medal | Air Medal | Purple Heart | Vietnam Service Medal | Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) | Killed in Action, United States of America, Vietnam War | 145th Combat Aviation Battalion, United States Army, Vietnam War