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BENJAMIN FREEMAN BROWN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1944 – July 20, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Freeman Brown JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 24
- DUREL STEVENS WOODSCorporal · July 19, 1969
- HARRY PATRICK YINGLINGSergeant · July 19, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT COUCHSergeant First Class · July 20, 1969
- DENNIS EITELSergeant · July 20, 1969
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.