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DAVID GRANT BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1944 – October 14, 1965
Service recordDavid Grant Brown, of Whiting, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 123
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Whiting, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 123
- DUANE CHARLES SMITHPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
From Whiting
- RICHARD FRANCIS BUBALAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- RONALD PHILIP SOUCYPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS LENZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- MICHAEL J KURELLACorporal · February 14, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT MUVICHSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · November 25, 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.