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JAMES SCOTT BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 3, 1949 – May 10, 1968
Service recordJames Scott Brown, of Prescott, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Prescott, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 58E, Line 4
- WILLIAM GERALD BEHANSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- HENRY CHARLES BIGGERSTAFFSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLACKMANPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY ALLEN BOCHESpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN GRAYSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 7
- ROBERT LEE OWENSSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 12
- WILLIAM C SPROULE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 15
- ROGER ZIMMERMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 18
From Prescott
- ANTONIO GILBERTO YESCASSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · March 11, 1967
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EVERETT MARTINSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1967
- FORTINO JAMES APOLINARPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1968
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- HENRY DUANE BANKSCaptain · July 14, 1968
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.