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KARL ANTHONY BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1945 – March 29, 1967
Service recordKarl Anthony Brown, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 66
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 66
- PERCY LEE WILFORDStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- JOHN LARUE BRIMStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- GUY JOSEPH BRUNGARDTechnical Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- JOHN BISHOP CABANA JRCaptain · March 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 68
From Kingsport
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1968
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.