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LEROY JACK BROWNING
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
June 23, 1929 – June 24, 1968
Service recordLeroy Jack Browning, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 26
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1929
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 26
- JAMES DONALD BUDAHAZY IISpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- NICHOLAS MALLORY CARPENTERLieutenant Commander · June 24, 1968
- WARREN NELSON CHAPMANSergeant · June 24, 1968
- CARL BENJAMIN HELMStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BADERSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 25
- ANDREW ALPHONSO LANGCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 29
- RICHARD SHARON POHLColonel · Panel 55W, Line 30
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.