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GARY WAYNE BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – October 1, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Brown, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 55
- PATRICK MICHAEL FARLEYCorporal · October 1, 1968
- WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSON JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ALLEN GEORGE FUSSNERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- MONTIE H HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 52
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ASHERSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 52
- FRANK ALLEN BAGGETTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 53
- CHARLES ARTHUR BRANCHPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 53
- RONALD DOUGLAS BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 53
- FREDERICK HAROLD FLYNNSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 53
- RICHARD BART CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 54
- ROBERT JOSEPH DAVISSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 54
- JOHN WILLIAM DINGUS JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 54
- LEMUEL JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 56
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 58
- EUGENE RAVN SUAREZCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 60
- BERNARD JEFFERY UHRENCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 60
- JOSE D MELENDEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 61
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.