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RICHARD JAMES BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1944 – October 26, 1967
Service recordRichard James Brown, of Pine Beach, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Pine Beach, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 73
- EDWARD CLEMCorporal · October 26, 1967
- JOHN OLIN COOPER IIIMajor · October 26, 1967
- ROBERT BRENDEN CRANESpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- ALEXANDER NICH DIGUARDIASpecialist Four · October 26, 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.