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ANTHONY BARTOW BROWN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 31, 1945 – June 6, 1968
Service recordAnthony Bartow Brown, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 6, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 25
- ALLEN JAMES BAKERStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD BIAPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- SAMUEL BOYD JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN KENNETH BRAZIERStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN LAFOREST MCKENNEYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 59W, Line 9
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.