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BRUCE GILBERT BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – October 7, 1968
Service recordBruce Gilbert Brown, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 22
- GEORGE HENRY BREWERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- DANIEL PAUL COLGANPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT SHERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 27
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.