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RICHARD ALLEN BROWN
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 8, 1923 – December 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Allen Brown, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 33
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 8, 1923
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 33
- NEIL ROBERT BURNHAMSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- RAMON CASTRO-MORALESSergeant · December 17, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS CHASECorporal · December 17, 1968
- BROOKS MICHAEL SCRIVNERPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.