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NATHANIEL BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1939 – October 31, 1966
Service recordNathaniel Brown, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 31, 1939
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 132
- DANNY LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- HENRY ARDPlatoon Sergeant · October 31, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND BOWLING SRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1966
- HOWARD CLANTONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ELEFTHERIOS PANTEL PAPPASSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 2
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.