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RAYMOND BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1945 – March 30, 1969
Service recordRaymond Brown, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 88
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 88
- THOMAS ARTHUR WIESECorporal · March 29, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE WILKINSSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- LYLE GLENN ASTONSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- ELMER EDWARD BARRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL JOSEPH CURRANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 89
- BENITO DIAZ JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY ARTHUR GARRICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- LAMARR LEE JOHNSCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 92
- RUSSELL LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 92
- DONALD LEE NIXONCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 93
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 95
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.