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DERRIS BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1940 – September 27, 1968
Service recordDerris Brown, of Bladenboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Bladenboro, North Carolina (Bladen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 26
- LAWRENCE BENJAMIN BANEKCorporal · September 27, 1968
- MARK ALBERT BARNESPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- TOMMY RAY BOWMANCorporal · September 27, 1968
- JEFFERY CHARLES NILESCorporal · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH GEORGE AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 25
- LAWRENCE BENJAMIN BANEKCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- MARK ALBERT BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 26
- TOMMY RAY BOWMANCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 27
- RICHARD LEE JONESCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 29
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 30
- ISHAM IKE QUICKSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 32
- ROGER ALLEN RICKERTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 32
- EFRAIN SOTO SRPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 33
- BRADFORD DWAIN WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 34
From Bladenboro
- FRANK CALLIHAN ELKINSCommander · October 12, 1966
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- WILLIE FRAZER SHIPMANPrivate First Class · February 23, 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.