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RAY BURMASTER BROWNE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1943 – January 16, 1964
Service recordRay Burmaster Browne, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1964. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 41
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WILLIAM HANDSOME HOUSEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 17, 1964
- GROVER KONARD OLSONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- FOSTER JEWELL G TOUART JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 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.