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RICHARD LEE BROWN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 6, 1948 – August 13, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Brown, of Mcarthur, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 13, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) (AMH)
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcarthur, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 28
- NELSON ANDINOPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- ALFRED BARNES JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- PAUL V BARRINGTON JRSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- DOUGLAS JOHN BRUSTMANSecond Lieutenant · August 13, 1969
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.