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CURTIS CHARLES BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1948 – July 15, 1968
Service recordCurtis Charles Brown, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 33
- DONALD RAY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR ACOSTA JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1968
- DAVID MORGAN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM HANSARD IIICorporal · July 15, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.