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JAMES DOUGLAS BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1939 – February 21, 1968
Service recordJames Douglas Brown, of Hillsboro, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 51
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Texas (Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 51
- ROBERT NELSON BAKERSergeant First Class · February 21, 1968
- BARTOLOME ALFONSO BALDERAPrivate · February 21, 1968
- JACK WILLIAMS BRASINGTONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS BURBAGESergeant · February 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 54
- FRANK RONALD MANELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 54
- ROBERT JOHN ROSENWALDPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 55
From Hillsboro
- DAVID RICHARD WESTLance Corporal · November 19, 1966
- LOWELL EDWARD MORGANMajor · June 3, 1967
- EDWIN RAY CONNERSenior Chief Petty Officer · May 16, 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.