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JAMES THARPE BROWN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1943 – June 25, 1965
Service recordJames Tharpe Brown JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Born
- March 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 17
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ALLAN STEGALL JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 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.