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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Michael Francis Brown.

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MICHAEL FRANCIS BROWN

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 9, 1946 – May 6, 1970

Service record

Michael Francis Brown, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11W · Line 109

Position of Panel 11W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Cannon Crewmember (13B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
November 9, 1946
Home of record
Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 6, 1970
Age
23
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 11W, Line 109

Same unit, same day

From Baltimore

All 419 names from Baltimore →

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.