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GREGORY LYNN BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – October 19, 1967
Service recordGregory Lynn Brown, of Germantown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Germantown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 39
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE VICALVILance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL WOYNARSKIPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- DENNIS GLENN BLACKMONWarrant Officer 1 · October 19, 1967
From Germantown
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ALBERT EUGENE HUFFERLance Corporal · October 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.