My father, Robert James Brannon III, a Nam Vet is honored in www.NeverForgottenTheVietnamVeteran.com

The PTSD eventually settled in from all of the shootings, which took a toll on him. His health continued to deteriorate both mentally and physically with the worst being the lung disease from Agent Orange. He was on oxygen for the last three years of his life. He really declined over the last ten years of his life. He lost his bike in a fire and then Mom passed away. After that, Dad gave up on life altogether.

Even though all of his combat related health issues were doctor approved, such as PTSD, the hearing loss from guns and the chronic pulmonary lung disease and diabetes, (to name just a few from Agent Orange), he was denied 100% disability. This caused him tremendous stress as well as our family who had no means of caring for him. I knew of another veteran who was awarded 100% disability and was never in combat. I don’t understand. Dad’s health was on a steady decline, and he decided to shoot himself but survived. He later apologized to me but called me an idiot for getting him help. My sister called the paramedics who saved him. We had to put Dad in a nursing home at the end. He passed away in his sleep on January 22, 2015.

We had a special biker’s rally with the Bandaleros, an elite biker group of Veterans on Main Street in Sharpsville, PA in May 2015. The starting line in the procession had 300. From there, the Honor Guard escorted his ashes to his final resting place at the West Side cemetery where dad joined his father and grandfather, both Veterans of WWI and WWII.

Only one of his friends from Nam remains alive today.
~ Robert Brannon, IV

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