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CLARENCE BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – August 23, 1970
Service recordClarence Brown, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 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 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 132
- PAUL WARDSpecialist Five · August 22, 1970
- RONALD LEE YOUNGSpecialist Five · August 22, 1970
- RAYMOND SANDERS BRAMWELLSpecialist Five · August 23, 1970
- CLARENCE BERNARD COLEMANCorporal · August 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND SANDERS BRAMWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 132
- SAM EUGENE STOUTStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 134
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.