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GENE WESLEY BROWN
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1967
Service recordGene Wesley Brown, of Boone, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 34
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 2, 1930
- Home of record
- Boone, Iowa (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- JIMMY ONEAL BARNESLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- EDWARD LEWIS BROMLEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PATRICK RICHARD CALLAHANPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
From Boone
- DENNIS DEAN FERGUSONCaptain · March 20, 1966
- FREDERICK KENNETH DEAVERPrivate · August 23, 1966
- KENT CARTER WOLFSpecialist Five · August 3, 1970
- DOUGLAS EUGENE CROOKSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1971
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.