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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Arlo Frank Brown.

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ARLO FRANK BROWN

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

May 13, 1944 – January 14, 1967

Service record

Arlo Frank Brown, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14E · Line 26

Position of Panel 14E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
Unit (as recorded)
103 ENG CO 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
Born
May 13, 1944
Home of record
Idaho Falls, Idaho (Bonneville County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 14, 1967
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 14E, Line 26

From Idaho Falls

All 12 names from Idaho Falls →

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.