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FRANK LEON BROWNING
Private · U.S. Army
June 7, 1951 – August 28, 1971
Service recordFrank Leon Browning, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 4
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 4
- ROBERT ALLEN BEAVERSSpecialist Five · August 28, 1971
- WILLARD J BOUCHARD JRPrivate · August 28, 1971
- DENNIS BUCKLEWWarrant Officer 1 · August 28, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS GARISpecialist Four · August 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD J BOUCHARD JRPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 4
- STEPHEN LOUIS GARISpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 4
- CURTIS LEE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 5
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.