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ARTHUR LEROY BROWN SR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1944 – February 18, 1969
Service recordArthur Leroy Brown SR, of Foxboro, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Foxboro, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 52
- REGINALD JOSEPH RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- ULYSSES BATTLESergeant First Class · February 18, 1969
- JOHN MARTIN BRUCHERMajor · February 18, 1969
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY R GREENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 54
- RONALD LEE RAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 56
From Foxboro
- GERALD ERNEST METCALFPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS COOKLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- MARK WELDON GRIGSBYSergeant · August 18, 1969
- GERALD FRANCIS KINSMANFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1971
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.