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ROBERT WILSON BROWN JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1941 – February 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Wilson Brown JR, of Centreville, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ CO 3 AT BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Centreville, Maryland (Queen Anne's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Darlac Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 36
- ERNEST CHAFFINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
From Centreville
- HOWARD OLIVER WRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- FRED HORATIO GATES IILieutenant Commander · August 19, 1967
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.