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DALE FRAZIER BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1943 – May 17, 1969
Service recordDale Frazier Brown, of Ashland City, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 28
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Ashland City, Tennessee (Cheatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 28
- ARTHUR JAMES ARTKOPSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE CHRISTIANSENCorporal · May 17, 1969
- PAUL ALLEN COWANLance Corporal · May 17, 1969
- LEON DAVID COXStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 29
- EARL RALPH TURNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 35
From Ashland City
- MICHAEL ROBERT DAYSergeant · January 8, 1968
- GARY LEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
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.