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JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 29, 1934 – April 19, 1966
Service recordJoseph Orville Brown, of Norwalk, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 19, 1966, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 122
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1035Z)
- Born
- September 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Norwalk, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 122
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- WILLIAM TERRY MAINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
- LEE AARON ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1966
- HENRY LOUIS DEWSpecialist Four · April 19, 1966
- DANA STANLEY FROSTCorporal · April 19, 1966
From Norwalk
- LARRY ALAN THORNEMajor · October 18, 1965
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN SCANLONCorporal · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STEVENSSpecialist Five · June 10, 1967
- JAMES FABRIZIOPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES W BACHMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 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.