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GERALD AUSTIN BROWN
Captain · U.S. Army
September 3, 1941 – May 16, 1967
Service recordGerald Austin Brown, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 6
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- THOMAS WILLIAM CHAFFINCorporal · May 16, 1967
- SIDNEY DAVID CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.