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ROGER LOUIS BROWN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – January 1, 1969
Service recordRoger Louis Brown, of Costa Mesa, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Costa Mesa, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 14
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · December 31, 1968
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN TUTTLECorporal · December 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL HALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 15
- WAYNE LINDSAY HAWESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 16
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 17
From Costa Mesa
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOYD LINDAL MCBROOMSergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD LEELieutenant Commander · July 9, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROGER KIMO YAMANAKALance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- LEONARD ZACHARY GURWITZLance Corporal · August 12, 1968
- JAMES ODIS SPAWCorporal · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT MANGANSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWIN ROWEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 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.