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EUGENE ONEIL BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1950 – October 13, 1970
Service recordEugene Oneil Brown, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 130
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 130
- THEODORE TEXAS ROWLEYStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1970
- JOHN ANDREW SPENCE IIISpecialist Four · October 12, 1970
- GARRY LYNN WEAVERSergeant · October 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · October 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CADYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 131
- MARK IRWIN GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 131
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD HARPERCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 132
- PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLSCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 133
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 133
- LARRY ALLEN WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 133
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.