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KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – January 22, 1969
Service recordKenneth Duane Brownlee, of Yuma, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 56
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Yuma, Arizona (Yuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 56
- GEORGE HAYES BARGERStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1969
- ROY GRANT BARNETTELance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- HARRY DIETRICH BRUESKESergeant · January 22, 1969
- JACK EDWIN CAMPBELLCorporal · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 55
- CORNELIOUS P DUKELOW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 57
- RAMON N HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 58
- RICKY LYNN WIKLESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 59
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS WEEKSPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 62
From Yuma
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- EDWIN MICHAEL RIDENOURPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- ROBERT L CHAVEZChief Petty Officer · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JRCorporal · June 4, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
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.