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ROBERT LEE BROWN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 9, 1936 – May 28, 1971
Service recordRobert Lee Brown, of Lowman, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 57
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Lowman, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1971
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 57
- STEPHEN CHAVIRASpecialist Five · May 28, 1971
- JOSEPH DAVID ESPARZASpecialist Four · May 28, 1971
- DONALD ROBERT MATHISSergeant · May 28, 1971
- PAUL DEAN URQUHARTCaptain · May 28, 1971
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.