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JAMES AUSTON BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1949 – August 12, 1970
Service recordJames Auston Brown, of Humboldt, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 104
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Humboldt, Tennessee (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 104
- DEAN FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
- MARK JOSEPH TOSCHIKFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1970
- ALAN WAYNE ASHENFELTERLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- DAN GUINN FEEZELLSergeant · August 12, 1970
From Humboldt
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- WILFORD AVON YOUNGSergeant · September 9, 1970
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.