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DONALD WILLIAM BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordDonald William Brown, of Ft Benning, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 6 BN 15 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Benning, Georgia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 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
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 38
- WILLIAM HENRY BRIC IIIPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- THAL ANTHONY BROWNFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LEE CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- HYLAN LYNN CROWDERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
From Ft Benning
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR PURSERCorporal · March 16, 1968
- ROBERT HELM WOODCorporal · April 9, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1969
- FRANKLIN LEE WEISNERMajor · October 10, 1969
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · May 21, 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.