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NORMAN DALE BROWN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 21, 1939 – June 6, 1969
Service recordNorman Dale Brown, of Melbourne, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 83
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 83
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LUKE JUNIOR AZLINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 81
- TERRY DEAN MILLERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 90
From Melbourne
- GERALD H GAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1966
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- SCOTT DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ARPHALIA L RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- PAUL L BERRYWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · March 14, 1968
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · November 7, 1969
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.