24 Aug 2002 The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial. Branigan enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 1966, a month after graduating from Northeast Catholic High School. The lance corporal, a rifleman, was sent sent to Viet Nam in November 1967 and assigned to Company F of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 9th Marine Division (sic). Branigan died in Quang Tri Province on March 12, 1968, at the age of 19. He was survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister. SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINE! From a native Philadelphian and Marine, Jim McIlhenney christianamacks@comcast.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall Fox Company, 2/4 Marines, lost 15 men killed in action during heavy fighting on 12 March 1968: CPL Jerry W. Fraze, Dallas, TX LCPL Lawrence A. Branigan, Philadelphia, PA LCPL Thomas R. Fleming, Arlington, VA LCPL Randall L. Mc Elreath, Midwest City, OK LCPL Jeffery E. Mead, Janesville, WI LCPL Ralph L. Washington, Portsmouth, VA LCPL Kenneth M. Watkins, Washington, DC PFC James W. Bettis, Tulsa, OK PFC Lenard Coleman, Portal, GA PFC Stephen R. Cunningham, Denver, CO PFC Louis H. Huff, Mc Keesport, PA PFC Willie B. Lee, Socorro, NM PFC Daniel V. Michel, Astoria, NY PFC Edward F. Rogers, Roslindale, MA PVT William L. Holland, Orange, NJ

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