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ROBERT IRWIN BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – August 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Irwin Brown, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- 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 August 14, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 10
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ZEMANICKSecond Lieutenant · August 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 1968
- RAYMOND LOUIS DANIELSSergeant · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- GARY LEE MALOYSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 12
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 12
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 12
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE MULARZSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 14
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 14
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOHN SANTOROSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 15
- FRANCIS ANTHONY SCHWARZPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 16
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.