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EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1936 – May 1, 1967
Service recordEdward Wallace Brown JR, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 3
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 3
- JOHN HOWARD BAILEYSergeant · May 1, 1967
- JAMES B BELL JRStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- DONALD LEROY BUTEHospitalman · May 1, 1967
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 1968
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.