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GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1937 – March 5, 1969
Service recordGeorge Lawrence Brown, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 42
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1937
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 42
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN CLAUSEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- JIMMIE DEE COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 5, 1969
- JACK PETER DELANGESpecialist Five · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ARTHUR DUNNEBACKPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 43
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- DAVID PAUL JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 45
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 48
- CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 49
- STANLEY BRUCE ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.