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CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1946 – May 29, 1968
Service recordCharles William Brown JR, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 3
- ANANIAS BOYDSergeant · May 29, 1968
- ERNEST BOYD JRLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- GARY ANTHONY BRECKPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- LAURENCE CURTIS CAPLANSergeant · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN ANGEL ELIASSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 5
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 6
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 8
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 9
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 10
- ROBERT KENT PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 11
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 11
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.