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JOSEPH RAYMOND BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordJoseph Raymond Brown, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 2
- ANDREW THOMAS BROWNPrivate · September 16, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BRYANPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- PAUL BUSTAMANTEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 2
- RALPH WARREN KUCHCINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 6
- LOWELL EUGENE LUNZMANNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 6
- JAMES RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 7
- ALFRED VINCENT SCHOFIELDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 9
- ANTHONY ROBERT SIGNASpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 9
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 11
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.