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JAMES BRENT BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1949 – February 1, 1970
Service recordJames Brent Brown, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 88
- JAMES CONRAD CARMANPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- CHESTER CALVIN CARRICO JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- RUSSELL ALBERT STEINDAMFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1970
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.