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GORDON CURTISS BROWN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
July 27, 1932 – May 19, 1968
Service recordGordon Curtiss Brown, of Aledo, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 19, 1968, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Born
- July 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Aledo, Illinois (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 6
- MICHAEL FINNIE BURLESONLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- PEDRO JAIME CAUDILLOChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 19, 1968
- LYNN BAILEY COLEMANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
From Aledo
- HORACE EARLE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- ROBERT THOMAS FREEDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- JAMES KENNETH FRYELance Corporal · December 1, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOE MCCREIGHTSpecialist Four · December 13, 1969
- MEREDITH GLENN ANDERSONMajor · April 28, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 19, 1970
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.