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KENNETH RAYMOND BROWN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 15, 1931 – August 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth Raymond Brown, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- January 15, 1931
- Home of record
- Holyoke, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 79
- HUGH MAR JACKSONLance Corporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAMSSergeant · August 4, 1967
- DONALD MAURICE WILSONFirst Lieutenant · August 4, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
From Holyoke
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- ROBERT GEORGE BOUSQUETCorporal · August 18, 1965
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- THOMAS MARTIN SEKLECKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- GEORGE DONALD LACUS JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 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.