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ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 29, 1949 – November 23, 1969
Service recordAlexander Cameron Brown, of East Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 111
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- East Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 111
- LAREST CLENNON SUTTONSergeant · November 22, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAMS IIIPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- STANLEY JOSEPH EGANSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
- LESZEK A KULACZKOWSKICorporal · November 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JOSEPH EGANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 111
- ROBERT ANDREW CLEMENTSCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 112
From East Hartford
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DONALD MORRIS WILLEYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT LAFONDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKISergeant · August 3, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- KENNETH ANTHONY LAVINE JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ROBERT JON BEAMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
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.