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EDWARD DEAN BROWN JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
March 21, 1940 – July 29, 1965
Service recordEdward Dean Brown JR, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1965, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- FITRON 191 BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- March 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1965; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 44
- WILLIAM J BARTHELMAS JRCaptain · July 27, 1965
- JACK GRAHAM FARRMajor · July 27, 1965
- WALTER KOSKOLieutenant Colonel · July 27, 1965
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.