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BOBBY GENE BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – November 30, 1967
Service recordBobby Gene Brown, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 9
- GRIFFITH BRONSON BEDWORTHFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- GEORGE ALLISON BIRD IIICorporal · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WHYLEY E JOSHSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 11
- WILLIAM E GROVESSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 12
- NORMAN F LOEFFLER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 13
- LEON PETER MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 13
- JACK ROGERSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 16
- LAWRENCE DAVID SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 17
- WILLIAM D WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 19
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.