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JAMES WILLIAM BROWN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1946 – April 5, 1966
Service recordJames William Brown, of Maud, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 84
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Maud, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 84
- GERMA CHAPARRO-VILLANUEVASpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY CUNEENLance Corporal · April 5, 1966
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
From Maud
- WOODY JOE FROSTCorporal · October 14, 1967
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.