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CHARLES CHUCK BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1943 – June 26, 1966
Service recordCharles Chuck Brown, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 96
- FRANKLIN ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- WILBURN HUGH BOYDLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- IVOR ECAROL BUNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 97
- HACHIRO IMAEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- JAMES LEEROY NORTHROPSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 98
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.