Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 4-Sep-1946
Hometown: Brunswick, Georgia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 18-Nov-1967
Incident date: 26-May-1968
Date of casualty: 7-Jun-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
David Watson Brantley died from wounds received while on combat operation when military vehicle on which he was riding hit hostile mine on 26 May 1968. Individual was admitted to military hospital and placed on the Very Serious Injury (VSI) list. He was transferred to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, and later transferred to the 3d Field Hospital, Saigon, and placed on the Very Serious Injury (VSI) list and later expired.
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Palmetto Cemetery, Brunswick, Georgia, USA
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