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GARY LEE BROWNING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – September 18, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Browning, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 25
- JOSEPH SIMON BRAVINFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
- RONALD LEWIS BROWNCorporal · September 18, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL BRUSTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 26
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 27
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 28
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 29
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 30
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RONNIE EUGENE ALVORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
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.