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MERLE DEWAYNE BROWN
Captain · U.S. Army
October 1, 1938 – April 11, 1971
Service recordMerle Dewayne Brown, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 118
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Chaplain (5310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 118
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- WILLIAM CARL BUERKMajor · April 11, 1971
- THADDEUS DENNISSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1971
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.