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GERALD FRANCIS BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordGerald Francis Brown, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 10
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 10
- HARRY JOSEPH BEADLE JRLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- STEPHEN WESLEY BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- CONLEY ARLEN BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- JAY Q BUCKWALTER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ALLEN COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 11
- JOHN DIVINE CREWS JRSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 11
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- RANDALL LEE WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · Panel 61W, Line 19
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.