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JAMES LEROY BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1948 – July 12, 1968
Service recordJames Leroy Brown, of Washington, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 17
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, North Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- 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
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 17
- RONALD JOE TEBBESergeant · July 11, 1968
- RANDALL NAVE ARNEYFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
From Washington
- JOSEPH HENRY DOWNING JRStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- PAUL MARION NANCE JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- CARL FREDERICK HODGES JRCorporal · July 24, 1968
- WARREN LEE BEACHAMCorporal · March 2, 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.