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COLBURN BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1944 – April 12, 1967
Service recordColburn Brown, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 18
- WILLIAM CLIFTON CLAY IIICaptain · April 12, 1967
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- CLYDE REED JRAirman Second Class · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JERRARD KOTULLASergeant · Panel 18E, Line 19
- NICHOLAS KRIMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 19
- DONALD VICTOR LAWSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 19
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.