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FRED BROWN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1943 – August 15, 1966
Service recordFred Brown JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 6
- JEFFREY BURTON WAGMANSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- HECTOR SANTOS ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- HARRY G BRANNONSergeant · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 6
- HENRY BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 7
- BOBBY J COFFELTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 7
- WILLIAM MARK CROYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 7
- MICHAEL C DUNDASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10E, Line 7
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 8
- KENNETH HAWSEYFirst Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 8
- SANFORD LEVON JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 9
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- DONALD L SUMMERSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLORMajor · Panel 10E, Line 11
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 12
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.