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BOBBY JAMES BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1943 – September 30, 1968
Service recordBobby James Brown, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 45
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 45
- GENE ALLEN LAUERTechnical Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- PHILIP SEAN BANCROFTCorporal · September 30, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BARRYPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- PHILIP ARTHUR BEASLEYHospitalman · September 30, 1968
- SAMUEL MCARTHUR CAVINSCorporal · September 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE NEWBERRYCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 49
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.