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ROGER BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1949 – April 9, 1969
Service recordRoger Brown, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 44
- THOMAS LOUIS BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 1969
- RONALD CLARENCE CONLEYPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- GARY LEE CROSSSpecialist Four · April 9, 1969
- DAVID REID CROW IVWarrant Officer 1 · April 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL J VERHAEGHESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 46
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.