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BRIAN CHARLES BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – February 19, 1967
Service recordBrian Charles Brown, of Stillwater, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 120 AVN CO 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Stillwater, Minnesota (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 61
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BRANOCKCorporal · February 19, 1967
- LEONARD CHARLES BURRISLance Corporal · February 19, 1967
- RONALD WILLIAM HARRILLPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- SALVATORE VINCENT PORCAROStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1967
From Stillwater
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLERSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- JEREMIAH D MCGARRYWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · March 2, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MACKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- JAMES RUSSELL HICKSStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1971
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.