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LARRY BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1946 – January 20, 1969
Service recordLarry Brown, of Baldwin, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 45
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Baldwin, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 45
- ROBERT WALTER SMITHSergeant · January 20, 1969
- WARREN LEE SPINKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD STOKERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- DAVID EARL TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1969
From Baldwin
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · November 24, 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.