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GORDON RICHARD BROWN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 30, 1929 – October 24, 1963
Service recordGordon Richard Brown, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 30, 1929
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1963
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1963. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 32
- DEAN AMICK WADSWORTHCaptain · October 8, 1963
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- JOHN CLIFTON BONZOMaster Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JAMES L HUDSPETHPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.