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GARY LEE BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1949 – April 9, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Brown, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 111
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 111
- ROBERT DEAN BESCHSergeant · April 9, 1970
- EDWARD HUGO BEYERSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
- BRIAN LEE BUSHNELLAirman · April 9, 1970
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES COONEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 112
- JOHN ADAMS AVERAMajor · Panel 12W, Line 113
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.