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JOEL KENTON BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – February 18, 1968
Service recordJoel Kenton Brown, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 1
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 1
- SHELDON EUGENE BLOYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- TERRY LAWRENCE BOYCEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- TOMMIE BRANDONPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- CHARLIE ARUCE BRATCHERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 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.