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PERRY NATHANIEL BROWNING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1942 – July 29, 1969
Service recordPerry Nathaniel Browning, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 69
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 69
- RICHARD THOMAS BLAKESergeant · July 29, 1969
- DANIEL ALPHONSE BOLDUCCorporal · July 29, 1969
- JAMES PHILLIP CHITTWOODFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1969
- RANDALL MORRIS DENTONCorporal · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLACaptain · Panel 20W, Line 68
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 73
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.