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ELYVIN LAVERNE BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – February 1, 1968
Service recordElyvin Laverne Brown, of Hopedale, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hopedale, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 46
- REX ALLAN BOWYERSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS BROWNPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- WILLIAM A THORNTON JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 49
- KENNETH EDWARD KUSPIELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 53
- FRANK ALBERT PAPESpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 58
- ARTHUR GEORGE WILL WOLTERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 63
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.