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JAMES BROWN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1946 – September 16, 1970
Service recordJames Brown JR, of Port Allen, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Allen, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 67
- DAVID BRUCE TOLERCorporal · September 15, 1970
- FRANCIS JEFFREY TROTTAPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
- JAMES MARVIN BALLStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT BODISHSpecialist Four · September 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE PERCYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 68
From Port Allen
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · May 17, 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.