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KENNETH RAY BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 14, 1947 – May 2, 1972
Service recordKenneth Ray Brown, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 2, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1972; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 11
- TERENCE FRANCIS COURTNEYCaptain · May 2, 1972
- WILLIAM CLIFTON JESSEChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 2, 1972
- CHARLES VERNON MORGANSpecialist Four · May 2, 1972
- JOHN JOSEPH PETRILLA JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1972
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 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.