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RAYMOND LEE BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1946 – November 20, 1968
Service recordRaymond Lee Brown, of Bath, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Bath, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 14
- ROGER CLINTON BROWNPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEON BROWNLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- KEVIN GAIL BURKEFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1968
- ROBERT LLOYD DETRICKSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHN BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 15
- LEONARD BEATTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 16
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 18
- BENNY JAMES SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 20
- GERALD DAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 22
From Bath
- RICHARD ROBERT MILESPrivate · September 14, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT SPIRESCaptain · July 22, 1972
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.