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FRED EDWARD BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1941 – March 15, 1969
Service recordFred Edward Brown, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 43
- WESLEY BEAVERSpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- DONALD RAY BLEDSOEPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- PAUL BONAPARTPrivate · March 15, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE BOWMANSpecialist Six · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE CAMPSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 44
- JULIO HERNANDEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 45
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 45
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 46
- RONALD LEE PEARLSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 47
- BENJAMIN ALONZA SMALLSCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 48
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 49
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.