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GEORGE ROBERT BROWNING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordGeorge Robert Browning, of East Bernstadt, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 72
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- East Bernstadt, Kentucky (Laurel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 72
- PETER VINCENT BLAZONISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID BOYERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BRADYCorporal · June 18, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVIDSON BURKE JRLance Corporal · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY JOHN CAROLANPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 73
- GEORGE DARE CARRCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 73
- JOSE MANUEL DELA TORRESpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 74
- GARY CHARLES SALANITROWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 83
From East Bernstadt
- DONALD RAY BLEDSOEPrivate First Class · March 15, 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.