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FRANK LESTER BROWN
Private · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – March 3, 1968
Service recordFrank Lester Brown, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 47
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 47
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ALSMANStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- HOWARD HERRELL ASHFORDSergeant · March 3, 1968
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN BUYSSergeant · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ALLEN BUYSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 47
- HAROLD HOLMESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
- GEORGE HERBERT NESTLERODELieutenant Colonel · Panel 42E, Line 53
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.