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HUGH BERNARD BROWN III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1944 – July 20, 1968
Service recordHugh Bernard Brown III, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 16
- RAYMOND ALBERT YOUNGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 19, 1968
- ALAN FRANCIS ANGELLSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · July 20, 1968
- WILLIS J BILLEAUD JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ERNEST HEGGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 19
- TERRY LEE MCNEARCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 20
- ROOSEVELT SHERMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 21
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
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.