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ROGER THOMAS BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1947 – March 30, 1968
Service recordRoger Thomas Brown, of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Kittanning, Pennsylvania (Armstrong County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 47E, Line 9
- PATRICK KEVIN BURKECorporal · March 30, 1968
- WALTER ALAN CICHONStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- DAVID CULP JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
From Kittanning
- DANIEL GARY MECHLINGSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALLACE CLAIR SHAFFER JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- FRANK HOGENMILLERPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- CHARLES NORMAN CORNMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- WILLIAM HAYES MAUTHEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
- ARLIE ROBERT MANGUSSergeant · November 3, 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.