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CURTIS LEE BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1949 – December 19, 1968
Service recordCurtis Lee Brown, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 43
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
- November 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 43
- DAVID LEE AERTSLance Corporal · December 19, 1968
- GERALD ALLEN BENSONPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN BONEPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- SHERL KENT BONNETTPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.