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CARL LEE BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordCarl Lee Brown, of Selma, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Selma, Alabama (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 11
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- ROGER EARL BISHOPCorporal · August 25, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ONEAL CATOPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 12
- JAMES EUGENE HALLCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 15
- GARRY MICHAEL MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 18
- JOHNNY B NESBITTSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 19
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
- DANIEL DIAS REZENDECorporal · Panel 46W, Line 21
From Selma
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- JOSEPH E WILKINSON IIIMajor · January 9, 1967
- TOWNSER STEELE JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- RONNIE SHARPEPrivate First Class · November 20, 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.