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BILL GWINN BROWNING
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1947 – July 20, 1970
Service recordBill Gwinn Browning, of Lyerly, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Lyerly, Georgia (Chattooga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 34
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · July 20, 1970
- DURL GENE CALHOUNSergeant · July 20, 1970
- EDGAR FRANKLIN CROUSE JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES KNOTTCorporal · July 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM AYERSCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 34
- DURL GENE CALHOUNSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 34
- JOHN CHARLES KNOTTCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 34
- SAMUEL T CARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 35
- DENNIS FAY FISHERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 35
- LARRY JOE PLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 36
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 36
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.