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JOSEPH GORDON BROWN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 14, 1945 – February 18, 1971
Service recordJoseph Gordon Brown, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 115
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971. In February 1971, 387 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 68 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 115
- GREGORY STEPHEN CRANDALLWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1971
- WALTER EDWARD DEMSEY JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH ENGENSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LESTER WARREN ALIPIOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 114
- JAMES EARL AUSTINMaster Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 114
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- EARLEY CARTER GRACEPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 116
- COLEY LEE KENDALLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 116
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.