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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Martin Brown.

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DANIEL MARTIN BROWN

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

October 19, 1949 – June 4, 1971

Service record

Daniel Martin Brown, of Larchmont, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 4, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 65

Position of Panel 3W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
October 19, 1949
Home of record
Larchmont, New York (Westchester County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 4, 1971
Age
21
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 65

From Larchmont

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.