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DONALD RAY BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1941 – April 6, 1966
Service recordDonald Ray Brown, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 88
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- BERNARD BARRIOSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- THOMAS A K BLEVINSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1966
- ROBERT BURCIAGAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS A K BLEVINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 6E, Line 88
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 89
- JOHN EDGAR LITTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 90
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.