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DOUGLAS BROWN
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1931 – October 31, 1967
Service recordDouglas Brown, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 102
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- CHARLES DANE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 104
- SCOTT LOUIS THIRYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 106
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.