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LONNIE BROWN JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1930 – September 10, 1969
Service recordLonnie Brown JR, of Williamston, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 64
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Williamston, North Carolina (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 64
- DAVID THOMAS FELLOWSPrivate First Class · September 10, 1969
- GEORGE SHERMAN GOODESpecialist Five · September 10, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD HANCOCKSpecialist Four · September 10, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES KALINAPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD HANCOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 64
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGOVERN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 65
- JAMES WESLEY SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 65
From Williamston
- JIMMY DARRELL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ELVERNON PEELECaptain · July 26, 1969
- LARRY GENE HARRISONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1971
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.