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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Allen Brown.

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ROBERT ALLEN BROWN

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

November 18, 1947 – March 19, 1970

Service record

Robert Allen Brown, of Rose Hill, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 12W · Line 20

Position of Panel 12W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Grader Operator (62K)
Unit (as recorded)
572 ENG CO 19 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
Born
November 18, 1947
Home of record
Rose Hill, North Carolina (Duplin County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 19, 1970
Age
22
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

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22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Rose Hill

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.