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ROBERT LEON BROWNLEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1947 – November 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Leon Brownlee, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 14
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 14
- RAYMOND LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- ROGER CLINTON BROWNPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- KEVIN GAIL BURKEFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1968
- ROBERT LLOYD DETRICKSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- DONALD PATRICK EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 17
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- CHARLES WILLIAM HANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- WASHINGTON HUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 38W, Line 18
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 18
- THOMAS PAUL SCHWABSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
- JAMES EDWARD STONECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 21
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.