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DONALD LYNN BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – October 23, 1968
Service recordDonald Lynn Brown, of Stockton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 123 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 23
- JAMES ROBERT BECKCorporal · October 23, 1968
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
- RAYMOND GORDON CLARKFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CROSBYSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 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.