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CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1942 – November 2, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Brown JR, of Springfield, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 9
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- JERRY PAUL WITTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RANDY BLAKE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- BILLIE ALVIN ALLENLance Corporal · November 2, 1966
From Springfield
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1969
- HIRAM MICHAEL WOLFE IVCaptain · December 4, 1969
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- JERRY WAINE STEWARDPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 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.