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DONALD CALVIN BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Calvin Brown, of St Albans, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- St Albans, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 34
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- ARLYN JAY BLAUWKAMPSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- CLIFFORD ALLEN BOGGSPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 36
- LLOYD HENRY KENTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 37
- BERNARD CHARLES MATTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 38
From St Albans
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BALDWINSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- HERBERT SHERRILLSergeant · June 29, 1967
- SAMUEL LEE DASH JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ADAMS JRCorporal · April 19, 1968
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · June 18, 1969
- JAMES FINNEY JRStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1970
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.