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JAMES MICHEAL BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 5, 1948 – March 5, 1968
Service recordJames Micheal Brown, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 4
- GARY RAY BURNETTSergeant · March 5, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE COLLINSSergeant · March 5, 1968
- ROBERT REED CRISWELLSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- SALVADOR BORREGO GARCIALance Corporal · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY GALE FRANKStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 6
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.