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JOE MAC BROWN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1929 – September 18, 1970
Service recordJoe Mac Brown, of Lavonia, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 24, 1929
- Home of record
- Lavonia, Georgia (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 71
- ROGER ORRIE WELLSCorporal · September 17, 1970
- DAVID WALLACE BAKERSergeant · September 18, 1970
- JAMES CAMIL DUPONTFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE NAPIERSergeant · September 18, 1970
From Lavonia
- SAMMY HOWARD WHITWORTHCorporal · June 16, 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.