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JOEL ANDREW BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1945 – March 10, 1967
Service recordJoel Andrew Brown, of Hamburg, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Hamburg, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 51
- CECIL LEROY CHAPMANPetty Officer Second Class · March 10, 1967
- JOHN CALVIN CRAWFORDLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL ECKESPetty Officer First Class · March 10, 1967
- FRANCIS RAYMOND FERRON JRAirman · March 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD SENIOR HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 52
From Hamburg
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- ALLEN KENNETH DEARDENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCKSergeant · December 30, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 1970
- RICHARD D MASSARICaptain · June 12, 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.