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RICHARD STEVEN BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – April 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Steven Brown, of Laramie, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Laramie, Wyoming (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 39
- CLIFFORD BIASStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1968
- JAN EDWARD BOBOWSKI JRSergeant · April 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAINPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- EFREN CARMONASpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD DANIEL ERICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 40
- JOSEPH MAURICE REESPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 46
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · Panel 48E, Line 48
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 49
From Laramie
- GILBERT BYRON BUSHSecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1966
- JAMES FREDERICK BARNESStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PANTIERPrivate · April 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.