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PATRICK EARL BROWER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordPatrick Earl Brower, of Auburn, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 21
- FRANK HAROLD BROWNE IIPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- DANIEL CASSANOFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- NORMAN LOUIS CATESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WILLIAM MEASELLSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 25
- JEFFREY DAVID RUPPPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 29
From Auburn
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · November 20, 1965
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RONALD LEE STROOMERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWIN LINDERMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 1971
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.