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DANIEL MARTIN BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – July 28, 1969
Service recordDaniel Martin Brown, of Okeechobee, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Okeechobee, Florida (Okeechobee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 63
- TIMOTHY WAYNE BEVERFORDSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- THOMAS LEONARD CALLAGHANPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- DANIEL GENE CASEYSergeant · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL NORRIS COLTONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL GENE CASEYSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 63
- GREGORY JOHN D DENTONSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 64
From Okeechobee
- HOWARD DANIEL WEEKSSergeant · March 28, 1968
- GARY WAYNE GILLISStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1969
- RAYMOND RALIFORD MAYSSergeant · July 7, 1971
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.