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BRUCE WADLEIGH BROWN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1945 – September 12, 1968
Service recordBruce Wadleigh Brown, of Hampton, New Hampshire, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Hampton, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 35
- MICHAEL RICHARD BALDWINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- EUGENE RUSSELL BOYCEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY BUTLERCorporal · September 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY CRAVENPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
From Hampton
- JOHN PAUL FALCONE JRCaptain · November 11, 1967
- STEVEN JAY PHILBRICKPrivate · June 6, 1969
- MARK LARRY BROWNSpecialist Four · September 27, 1969
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.