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ERNEST JAMES BROWN
Fireman · U.S. Navy
May 27, 1949 – March 25, 1970
Service recordErnest James Brown, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 25, 1970, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 41
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- May 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 41
- KENNETH EUGENE WHITMERSergeant · March 24, 1970
- WALTER EUGENE ANDREWS JRSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- ROBERT L CHAVEZChief Petty Officer · March 25, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
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.