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RICHARD CHARLES BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – March 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Charles Brown, of Stony Point, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Stony Point, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 29
- HORACIO CARRANZAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ALVIN LLOYD CAYSONSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JUNIUS COLUMBUS COLLIERSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LOUIS KOLKASergeant · Panel 42E, Line 34
From Stony Point
- BERNARD CONKLINLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY NATALEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- MICHAEL DONALD MCGOVERNCaptain · February 11, 1971
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.