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PAUL ONEAL BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1943 – November 20, 1966
Service recordPaul Oneal Brown, of Florence, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 94
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- TRAVIS GLEN CRAINLance Corporal · November 20, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 95
- MILTON HARRIS LEGRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 96
- RICHARD PETER MASSINEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- JAMES A MCCALVYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- HARRY KAY VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 97
- WELDON HORACE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 98
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.