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GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1947 – January 13, 1969
Service recordGeorge Washington Brown, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 81
- JIMMY CHARLES BOWERSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- JAMES DANIEL CRESSEY JRLance Corporal · January 13, 1969
- PATRICK THOMAS DEMARCOPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- HARRY JAMES DORSEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.