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ALBERT LEE BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – August 22, 1967
Service recordAlbert Lee Brown, of Alba, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Alba, Michigan (Antrim County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 28
- EDWARD EARL DAVIESLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- RANDALL ROGER FREEBERGLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD GILLIAMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 28
- CHARLES JOHN HOBAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 29
- CHRISTOPHER ALLAN LESKYSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 30
- GEROLD LEE MOUNCESergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
- BILLY WAYNE PLATTSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
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.