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GERALD BERNARD BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1949 – June 5, 1969
Service recordGerald Bernard Brown, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 71
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 71
- DAVID PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE CRISPFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
- KEVIN ROBERT CROWEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.