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JULIUS LAVERN BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1945 – July 26, 1969
Service recordJulius Lavern Brown, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 47
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 47
- ROBERT DALE BUSWELLPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAPRIOPetty Officer Third Class · July 26, 1969
- LESLIE DEAN CARTER JRSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JOSEPH S CHIACCHIO JRSergeant · July 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK CRAVEN JOHNSTON JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 50
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
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.