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LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1946 – December 4, 1965
Service recordLawrence George Brown, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 123
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- HERMAN ESTRADA-COSTASSpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- GEORGE ALLEN OVERWEGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
From Binghamton
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.