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EUGENE BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1928 – May 19, 1970
Service recordEugene Brown, of Apopka, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 509 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1928
- Home of record
- Apopka, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 63
- JAMES JOSEPH WILKINSON JRSpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
- WILLIAM CLARK AIRLIESergeant · May 19, 1970
- GARY JOHN ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1970
- CHESTER LLOYD BALLEWSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
From Apopka
- JERRY JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- EARL PHILLIP SUMMERSILLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JACKIE ELMORE WALLACEPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH WITTMANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM CARTERMajor · April 24, 1972
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.