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DARIUS E BROWN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 26, 1945 – October 13, 1966
Service recordDarius E Brown, of Beattyville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 70
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Beattyville, Kentucky (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 70
- CARL EUGENE GRONQUIST JRLieutenant · July 20, 1965
- ANDREW CHMIELLance Corporal · October 13, 1966
- LARRY JAMES COXCorporal · October 13, 1966
- PHILLIP CARROL FOXPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH NIGROCorporal · October 13, 1966
From Beattyville
- JIMMY HARRISSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · May 5, 1968
- HARRY E BATESSpecialist Five · December 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE VANDERPOOLSergeant · December 24, 1968
- JAKE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES OAKSPrivate First Class · November 28, 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.