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JAMES LEE BROWN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 1, 1948 – February 13, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Brown JR, of Marianna, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Marianna, Arkansas (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 17
- LARRY WAYNE BARNARDSergeant · February 13, 1968
- WINFIELD WESLEY BECKFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- RONALD LEE BLACKSTENPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT GLENN BURRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER ALBERTINICorporal · Panel 39E, Line 16
- WINFIELD WESLEY BECKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 17
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 18
- ERNEST FREDERICK DAVIDOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 20
- ROBERT A ELIASergeant · Panel 39E, Line 20
- JAMES F FUQUASpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 21
- JACK WILLIAM GRANDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 21
- JOHN MAJOR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 23
- HOBERT TRUMAN ROLLINSCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 25
- NORMAN THOMAS DAGOSTINOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 27
- TIM THOMASCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 27
- TERRY WAYNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 28
From Marianna
- JOSHUA WAY EASONStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRY HOYTE BATESSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
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.