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CHARLES BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1949 – February 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Brown, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 88
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarksdale, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 88
- IRWIN BEYDASergeant · February 28, 1969
- DONALD LEE BLANKENSHIPMaster Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BRENCICHLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
- ROBERT DARRELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE COUTURIAUX JRSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 90
- CARTER JOHN FREUNDCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 92
- DENNIS ALLEN GROFFPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 92
- WILBUR LEE HICKSCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 93
- RICHARD WARD KEITHLINEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31W, Line 94
- PHILLIP ENOS ROSSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 96
- MICHAEL CORNELIUS WHALENSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 98
- JAMES WALTER WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 98
From Clarksdale
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LESTER ERBYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
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.