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GEORGE ARTHUR BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordGeorge Arthur Brown, of Whaleyville, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Whaleyville, Virginia (Suffolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 28 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 62
- DAVID JOSEPH BORONSeaman · May 12, 1969
- CURTIS BREEDLOVESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- KENNETH LEE BRINKSStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DON LARRY ATKINSCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 59
- CHARLES LOUIS BARBIEREStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 60
- DAVID MICHAEL BECKSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 61
- RICHARD JAY BENNETTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 61
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKE JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 63
- JOHN HAROLD CRISPPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 65
- TIMOTHY CHARLES DONAVANPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 66
- JOHN WILBUR DRANEPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 66
- JOHN FREDERICK ELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 67
- PAUL DEAN ELWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 67
- MICHAEL DAVID FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 67
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 68
- CURTIS LEVENCE HARDINPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 70
- JAMES ROY HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 70
- WILLIAM EDWARD JERSECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 72
- JAMES SAMUEL JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 73
- ROBERT GAIL KRELLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 74
- ALFRED LEWIS LAWYERCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 74
- JOHN ANTHONY MARTIN IIICorporal · Panel 25W, Line 76
- JOSEPH ERNEST MELVINCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 77
- JORGE LUIS MENDEZ-MATOSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 77
- MARVIN EDWARD PARKSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 81
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 83
- RONALD MARK SETTIMICorporal · Panel 25W, Line 84
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.