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KENNETH LAVERN BROWN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 11, 1950 – November 2, 1970
Service recordKenneth Lavern Brown, of Ft Scott, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 34
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Scott, Kansas (Bourbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 34
- THOMAS RICHARD BRADYPrivate First Class · November 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS JOHN CAMPBELLWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1970
- GARY WAYNE COKLEYSergeant · November 2, 1970
- CARL DALTON COOPERSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JOHN CAMPBELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 34
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 35
- OSCAR MALONEYSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 35
- JOHN THOMAS ORRICOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 35
- GEORGE HENRY ROGALLAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 36
From Ft Scott
- FRED ALBERT NETHLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- RAYMOND FRANCIS LEFTWICHTechnical Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM LEHNHOFF JRLieutenant Colonel · November 18, 1967
- FRANKIE EUGENE ALLGOODLieutenant Colonel · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE RUNKLELieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1968
- ALAN WAYNE BRESHEARSPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
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.