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ROBERT RAY BROWN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – October 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Ray Brown, of Plano, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 36
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Plano, Texas (Collin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 36
- QUINNEN T CHANDLER JRCorporal · October 1, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 1967
- RAYMOND PATRICK FINLEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
From Plano
- LANNY EARL HALESpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- JOE STEPHEN HUSTONSergeant · March 19, 1969
- RUSSELL ALBERT STEINDAMFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1970
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.