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CLEMMIE BROWN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1949 – October 8, 1970
Service recordClemmie Brown JR, of Dublin, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Construction Equipment Operator (62J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Dublin, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 119
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 1970
- WILLIS COBBSergeant First Class · October 8, 1970
- GUY WILSON HESTER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1970
- WILLIAM AUGUST OTTColonel · October 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 119
From Dublin
- JOHN CLEMENT MAPECommander · April 13, 1966
- WILLIAM ANDREW RUDDANPrivate · October 18, 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.