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FRANK MONROE BROWN JR
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 18, 1938 – September 19, 1966
Service recordFrank Monroe Brown JR, of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 19, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VE 151 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 63
- Born
- December 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 10E, Line 116
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- JERRY LEON BRANSONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- MANUEL LEROY CARROLLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
From Tunkhannock
- LINDY ROLAND HALLCorporal · April 26, 1967
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.