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ELMER WILLIAM BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1938 – April 6, 1968
Service recordElmer William Brown, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 24
- JOSE BRENES-ESCOBARPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN BROWNPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE BURROWSStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CANUPCaptain · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 25
- DANNY EUGENE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 48E, Line 27
- DEAN GILMAN OWENSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 31
- LUIS GUILLERMO SCAMARONIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 34
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.