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MICHAEL R BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1943 – December 29, 1966
Service recordMichael R Brown, of Fresno, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 95
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- LUECO ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- LEE V BEARDENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 96
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 98
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 98
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 99
- CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 101
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
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.