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BILLY EDWARD BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1946 – July 31, 1967
Service recordBilly Edward Brown, of Channelview, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 54
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- November 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Channelview, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 54
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- EVERETT ALLAN EASTMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · July 31, 1967
From Channelview
- ALVIA GRADY BRYANTCorporal · January 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MANNINGFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROYAL LINDSEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.