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DAVID ALAN BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – June 8, 1969
Service recordDavid Alan Brown, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 109
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 109
- DON LAVERNE BARTLEYLieutenant Colonel · June 8, 1969
- DAVID LYNN BELLLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- PAUL MADISON BOWLINLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- KENNETH EARL ENFINGERStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 108
- IGNACIO L VILLALOBOSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 115
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.