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JIMMY RAY BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 28, 1944 – May 9, 1968
Service recordJimmy Ray Brown, of Cleburne, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 15
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Cleburne, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 15
- DWIGHT ERVYN BOZEMANCorporal · May 9, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY GAIL CALDWELLCorporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- JOHN WILBUR GRUTSCH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- RUSSELL WILLIAM JARICKPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 24
- TERRENCE ARTHUR KANDLERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 25
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 1
From Cleburne
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1968
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1969
- NATHANIEL COOKPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD POWELLMajor · April 21, 1970
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.