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RICHARD ALLEN BROWN
Major · U.S. Army
July 23, 1934 – March 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Brown, of Lakewood, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 59
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 59
- HAROLD PETER BERGSergeant · March 17, 1969
- EDWARD LEWIS CHAPPELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- BENEDICT MAHER DAVANStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 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.