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CHRIS BROWN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1949 – March 25, 1971
Service recordChris Brown JR, of Ridgeville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 76
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Ridgeville, South Carolina (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 76
- EDWIN GERALD CALHOUNSergeant · March 25, 1971
- MAXIMINO ESTRADALance Corporal · March 25, 1971
- DOYLE FOSTERSergeant First Class · March 25, 1971
- GARY GEORGE GEIGERSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE LEROY DODDSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 75
- OLIN DEWEY MARLAR IIISpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 77
- JEROME ELLIS JACKSONPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 78
From Ridgeville
- VERTIS JAMES HILL JRMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1966
- CLARENCE L WAYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
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.