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RICHARD CRAIG BROWN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 30, 1946 – March 10, 1968
Service recordRichard Craig Brown, of Uncasville, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · 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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Uncasville, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên 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 44E, Line 4
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANCIS ALMAGUERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- WALTER EVAN ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SYLVESTER E CONLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 5
- MARSHALL DAYLE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 10
- ROBERT RERASergeant · Panel 44E, Line 11
- JESSE ELLISON SCAVELLA JRSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 11
- STEPHEN MICHAEL WORLEYCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 13
From Uncasville
- EDWARD ROBERT HANSENSergeant · May 31, 1966
- CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CLIFFORDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
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.