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JAMES FREDERICK BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1948 – November 25, 1967
Service recordJames Frederick Brown, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 83
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 83
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · November 24, 1967
- LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMSColonel · November 25, 1967
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- BORIS FRANZ M BORENSTEINCorporal · November 25, 1967
From Indiana
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- ROBERT EARL KLINEColonel · November 2, 1966
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 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.