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JOSEPH MARTIN LEROY BROWN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – September 9, 1970
Service recordJoseph Martin Leroy Brown, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 48
- WILLIE JUNIOR THIGPENSergeant · September 8, 1970
- FRANK NEAL VAVRINCaptain · September 8, 1970
- PATRICK JAMES CONNORPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- ROBERT RALPH SIZEMORE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JAMES CONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 48
- ROBERT RALPH SIZEMORE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 48
- CURTIS JOSEPH PERRODINPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 50
- ERNEST DEFOREST PETTYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 50
- DARREL MONROE PICKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 50
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.