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IRVING JOHN BROWN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1950 – October 14, 1971
Service recordIrving John Brown JR, of Vacherie, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Vacherie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 39
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 1971
- CARL STEVEN MERLINOMajor · October 14, 1971
- EDDIE BARRY HUBRINSSpecialist Four · October 15, 1971
- RALPH NORRIS LEESpecialist Four · October 15, 1971
From Vacherie
- CLAUDE JOSEPH STEINPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
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.