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MARCUS BROWN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1947 – August 28, 1967
Service recordMarcus Brown JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 55
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 55
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGFireman Apprentice · August 27, 1967
- FRANK LEROY BELLANTFireman · August 28, 1967
- THEODORE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- ORLANDO FLONORYPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.