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JOHN MARSHALL BROWN III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1935 – April 7, 1966
Service recordJohn Marshall Brown III, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 92
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 92
- MARTIN COXSergeant First Class · April 7, 1966
- WALTER CHARLES FILLMAN SRSergeant · April 7, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL GODWINPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1966
- HARRY GENE LUTESergeant · April 7, 1966
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 1967
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.