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HARRY WILLIS BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1943 – February 12, 1968
Service recordHarry Willis Brown, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 12, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 50 MD DET 43 MD GP 44 MD BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 12, 1968
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39E, Line 2
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- JOHN NELSON BROCKMANSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- CRAIG HAROLD BUELLSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
- BERTRAM ARNOLD BUNTINGMajor · February 12, 1968
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.