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DAVID CHAPPELL BROWN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 9, 1943 – January 31, 1968
Service recordDavid Chappell Brown, of Waynesville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 88
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Waynesville, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 88
- STEPHEN LEE BRADDOCKSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- JOHN PAUL BRAGA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CLYDE B BRAUGHTON JRSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES ALOYISUS BRENNANCorporal · January 31, 1968
From Waynesville
- FLOYD MILTON FRAZIERTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1962
- WAYNE EDWARD SEXTONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- FREDRICK MERVYN HALLCaptain · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · June 12, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- CARL BRUCE RAYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.