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DAVID CLARENCE BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1948 – June 7, 1971
Service recordDavid Clarence Brown, of Cedar Lake, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 69
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Cedar Lake, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 69
- THOMAS EDI BAUMGARDNER JRSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- ANTHONY MICHAEL EILERSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- JERRY LYNN THOMASSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- MAURICE HERBERT BRYANTCorporal · June 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LYNN THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 69
From Cedar Lake
- KENNETH ROBERT BRADLEYCorporal · February 28, 1968
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · May 21, 1968
- ROGER DALE JUSTICESergeant · November 5, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER BIEDRONPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
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.