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MANCE BROWN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1933 – April 3, 1970
Service recordMance Brown, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 15, 1933
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 87
- CARL STEPHEN BERGER JRSergeant · April 3, 1970
- WILLARD LEE CLEMONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 3, 1970
- EVERETTE EARL COFERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
- RAINER LOUIS COLEPrivate First Class · April 3, 1970
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 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.