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ROGER RAY BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – December 26, 1969
Service recordRoger Ray Brown, of Blairsville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 93
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Blairsville, Georgia (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 93
- GENE THOMAS WRIGHTMajor · December 19, 1969
- DAVID BICKNEL BOWLINGFirst Lieutenant · December 26, 1969
- TERRY BROOKS DYERCorporal · December 26, 1969
- RICKY MAURICE GLASPEYPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- GLYNN BYRON HOLLEYAirman First Class · December 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 95
From Blairsville
- HERBERT CARSON DAVISSergeant · February 15, 1968
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.