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ROBERT MAURICE BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1936 – May 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Maurice Brown, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1936
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 4
- PHILIP SHERWOOD BRYANTPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1968
- FERNANDO CAMARILLO JRLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES CHICANTEKLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- HENRY ROBERT CLAUSSENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.