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JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1944 – April 13, 1966
Service recordJoseph Whelton Brown III, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 108
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 108
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD BORDERPrivate · April 13, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID BORIEOPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
- DONALD REGINALD JOHNSTONSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 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.