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KENNETH EARL BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1947 – April 11, 1969
Service recordKenneth Earl Brown, of Chalmette, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 54
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Chalmette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 54
- WILLIAM JOHN BANNON JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- LAURIE EUGENE BARNESFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES BOSBERYFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EMMONS EDWARD FUNK JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 53
- EDWARD VALENTINE EIDEN JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 55
From Chalmette
- DUNCAN ALEXANDER MACFETTERSSecond Lieutenant · October 2, 1966
- MICHAEL JAY PASSAFUMEHospitalman · November 26, 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.