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JAMES EDWARD BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – July 18, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Brown, of Shafter, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 84
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Shafter, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 84
- THEODORE ELBA WESTBROOKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- GILBERT FLOYD BALLARDPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WALTER BROWNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 86
- ANTONIO RIBERAPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 88
From Shafter
- WINFORD R CRABBSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN BANKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
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.