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HANSEL BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1945 – July 2, 1966
Service recordHansel Brown, of Council, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Council, North Carolina (Bladen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 117
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 117
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 118
- ELIAZAR EFRIEN GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 119
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 119
- MICHAEL FRANCIS JACKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 119
- BERNARD EUGENE CURTISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- JOHN EDWARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- CHARLES VINCENT HOWARDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 120
- LINWOOD BROOKS KRUGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 120
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAY WILLARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- RAYMOND LEE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 121
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 122
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.