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DONALD LEROY BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1944 – November 11, 1966
Service recordDonald Leroy Brown, of Lincoln, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 AMTRAC BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 53
- LYNN BACHMANN JRCorporal · November 11, 1966
- MARVIN BURNEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD LEIGH BUTTCaptain · November 11, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINANMajor · November 11, 1966
From Lincoln
- DURWOOD BERT LOMBARDSpecialist Five · March 10, 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.