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RAYMOND EARL BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1944 – January 12, 1966
Service recordRaymond Earl Brown, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 66
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 66
- JOSEPH CLAIR CORRELLStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · February 14, 1966
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.