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LARRY DONALD BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordLarry Donald Brown, of Caliente, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 72
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Caliente, Nevada (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 72
- ALFRED ELI ALVEY JRCorporal · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RAY BLACKCaptain · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN BOWESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- WILLIE LEE BROWN JRCorporal · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE LEE BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 72
- DANNY LEROY HANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 75
- CLIFTON FRED WAGNERSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 83
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.