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RICHARD TYRONE BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1945 – April 26, 1967
Service recordRichard Tyrone Brown, of Hayward, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 91
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 91
- LYNN SEATON BIERMAPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN GILBERT BROADBECKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE BUTLERLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY BAGLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 90
- LYNN SEATON BIERMAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 91
- DAVID RONALD PAGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 96
- HERMAN HOWARD PAYNESecond Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 96
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · October 27, 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.