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JAMES HENRY BROWN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1949 – August 21, 1969
Service recordJames Henry Brown JR, of Mcclellanville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Mcclellanville, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 84
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- ROGER DALE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- DAVID RICHARD BAKERSergeant · August 21, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
From Mcclellanville
- DAVID LEE MITCHELLCorporal · May 25, 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.