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OWEN DAVIS BROWN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – March 26, 1969
Service recordOwen Davis Brown JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 43
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 43
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 1969
- JESSE CARL BOWMANTechnical Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD BUSCHMANNMajor · March 26, 1969
- EDDY RAY CASEYPrivate · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE M WILHELM JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 55
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.