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ROBERT ALVA BROWN II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1945 – September 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Alva Brown II, of Needles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Needles, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 45
- JOHN MICHAEL BATHFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- DONNIE WAYNE BROWNLance Corporal · September 20, 1968
- DERRELL W CLEMMERWarrant Officer 1 · September 20, 1968
- LARRY DONNELL DOSSLance Corporal · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 47
- DANIEL BRUCE PERSONSPrivate · Panel 43W, Line 47
- MICHAEL RALPH MANNOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 48
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 49
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 50
From Needles
- JACK ROGER MCKEESergeant · January 30, 1968
- ANTONIO MENDEZ GARCIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.