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MICHAEL GEORGE BROWN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1943 – March 7, 1969
Service recordMichael George Brown, of Provo, Utah, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 116 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Provo, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 63
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- MARION MCCLAIN BURKEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- EDWARD DUTYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · March 7, 1969
From Provo
- DON CHARLES WOODColonel · January 16, 1966
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- LYNN KESLER POWELLCaptain · August 21, 1967
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- GARY GLEN POOLPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- STEVE RALPH LUKEPetty Officer Second Class · December 6, 1968
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · January 9, 1970
- LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
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.