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ROBERT LESLIE BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1950 – August 19, 1970
Service recordRobert Leslie Brown, of Cochranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Cochranton, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 123
- GARY WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
- JIMMY RONALD WALTONStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD ANTHONYSpecialist Four · August 19, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL BAILEYSpecialist Four · August 19, 1970
From Cochranton
- JAMES HENRY JARZENSKISergeant · November 4, 1965
- ROY OTIS BUCHANANPrivate First Class · August 8, 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.