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DONALD ALAN BROWN
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 19, 1939 – July 30, 1970
Service recordDonald Alan Brown, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 30, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 14 TRS 432 TRW UDORN AB
- Born
- July 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 30, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “14 TRS 432 TRW UDORN AB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 68
- DAVID ANDREW ALLENPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE AUTENSergeant First Class · July 30, 1970
- CLYDE JAMES BALLSergeant First Class · July 30, 1970
- GARY ANTHONY CHAVEZCaptain · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ANTHONY CHAVEZCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 68
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.