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HERMAN BROWN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1943 – April 28, 1966
Service recordHerman Brown JR, of Bayou Goula, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Bayou Goula, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 4
- RAMON AL PELLOT-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- JOHNNIE SMITH JRHospitalman · April 27, 1966
- WALTER JOHN TYPE JRPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- JOHN A BULPITTPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.