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DAVID DEE BROWN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1949 – April 16, 1968
Service recordDavid Dee Brown JR, of Wrangell, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Wrangell, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 12
- DANIEL KIETH CHRISTIANLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL CICIOLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- BILLY JOE COLEStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK COLEMANPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
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.