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DENNIS EARL BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordDennis Earl Brown, of The Dalles, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 16
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
- July 22, 1946
- Home of record
- The Dalles, Oregon (Wasco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 16
- CECIL BENNY BRIDGESCorporal · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM VICTOR BRINDLEAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 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.