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DIEROTHER BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 29, 1944 – February 1, 1968
Service recordDierother Brown, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 29, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 61
- LYNN HUDSON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- RALPH LAYTON THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH HOSEA ALBRITTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 45
- GEORGE MICHAEL HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 50
- JOHN ROBERT SHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 50
- EDDIE GRAY HUFFMANSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 52
- STEPHEN PHILIP MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 57
- CHARLES R MENSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 58
- KENNETH LEE ROGERSSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 59
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.