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JAMES RICHARD BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – July 23, 1966
Service recordJames Richard Brown, of Sedalia, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Sedalia, Missouri (Pettis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 61
- FREDERICK JOHN YOUMANSPrivate · July 22, 1966
- FRED OTIS BAUGH JRLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- DONALD GENE DAVENPORTGunnery Sergeant · July 23, 1966
- MELVIN FORDSergeant · July 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 62
- ORVILLE D WELLSCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 64
From Sedalia
- VERNDEAN ARTHUR BROCKMANSergeant First Class · November 16, 1963
- HERMAN JOHN VOLLMERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD SIRONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · January 24, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- JAMES MILTON DALESpecialist Five · November 20, 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.