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LAURENCE GORDON BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – July 28, 1970
Service recordLaurence Gordon Brown, of Fullerton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 61
- GEORGE FREDRICK BEELERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- ROBERT NORRIS CHINQUINAFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1970
- WILLIAM BERT CLEVERLEYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 61
- GERALD MICHAEL VETRANOStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 64
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 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.