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NEIL SHIPP BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1944 – May 2, 1969
Service recordNeil Shipp Brown, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 97
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 97
- JOSE CARMEN ALVAREZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- FLETCHER W BOLES IISergeant · May 2, 1969
- DANIEL CARRASCOSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
- JAMES GILBERT CASEMaster Sergeant · May 2, 1969
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.