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LARRY PAUL BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – November 7, 1968
Service recordLarry Paul Brown, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 33
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 33
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL KUBICAPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KUMMELLSergeant · November 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LELAND ADKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 31
- JERRY LEN PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 39W, Line 35
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.