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BARRY EDWARD BROWN
Private · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – April 17, 1971
Service recordBarry Edward Brown, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 130
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 130
- MICHAEL JAMES WHALENSpecialist Four · April 16, 1971
- BERNARD GEORGE ALBERTSONCaptain · April 17, 1971
- WILLIS NORWOOD ANDREWSSergeant · April 17, 1971
- MICHAEL EDWARD BALLCorporal · April 17, 1971
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
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.