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JAMES GARLAND BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1944 – July 5, 1966
Service recordJames Garland Brown, of Gatesville, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 132
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Gatesville, Texas (Coryell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 132
- THEODORE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- MICHAEL MERLE BLANTONLance Corporal · July 5, 1966
- DOUGLAS FLORESMaster Sergeant · July 5, 1966
From Gatesville
- TOMMIE LEE SYMANKSpecialist Five · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM ELMO POWELLCaptain · August 17, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · October 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.