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RICHARD ALBERT BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1942 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRichard Albert Brown, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 4
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 4
- MARTIN EARL BROPHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- BARRY LYNN BROWNCaptain · May 5, 1968
- PETER BRUMSergeant · May 5, 1968
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN EARL BROPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 4
- JOSEPH GEORGE GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 13
- JUAN PATRICIO MARTINEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 22
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 25
- MIGUEL A RUVALCABA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- WILLIAM EMERSON SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 30
- HOWARD JOSEPH SPEARSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 31
- LOUIS LEON SPEERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.