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JOHN HENRY BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1952 – October 18, 1971
Service recordJohn Henry Brown, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 44
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1952
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 44
- ROBERT NUGENT BROWNFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1971
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · October 19, 1971
- FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JRSergeant · October 19, 1971
- MARSHALL WAYNE WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1971
- BILLIE LEE COLEMANSergeant First Class · October 20, 1971
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.