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CHARLES PATRICK BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordCharles Patrick Brown, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 12
- ROBERT LEE ANDREWS JRSergeant · May 21, 1968
- ALLEN JOHN BOUDREAUXCorporal · May 21, 1968
- VINCENT JAMES CARAVELLOPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- MARK PAINE COLLINSSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · Panel 64E, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 64E, Line 11
- VINCENT JAMES CARAVELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 12
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 13
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 13
- LARRY MICHAEL GROSSCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 13
- GREGORY ALEXANDER HARPERSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- AURELIO GARZA HERRERASergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 14
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 15
- LEONARD DAVID MCGINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 17
- JERRY EUGENE SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 2
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 3
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 3
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
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.