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ERNEST LYKURGUS BROWN JR
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
October 16, 1934 – February 24, 1970
Service recordErnest Lykurgus Brown JR, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 24, 1970, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 51
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Interior Comm Electrician (IC)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS TUTUILA ARG 4
- Born
- October 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 51
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOPKINSLance Corporal · February 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE EMIL LUNDGRENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- FRANK CHARLES NEWMANLieutenant Colonel · February 24, 1970
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 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.