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RONALD A BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – May 23, 1969
Service recordRonald A Brown, of Huntington Park, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntington Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 82
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- HOWE KING CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- MILFORD EUDENE COBBStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ARTHUR DOBBSStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 83
From Huntington Park
- DAVID LUIS GALANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- STEVEN CRAIG PATTERSONLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- DENNIS WILLIAM PETERSONLieutenant · July 19, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HOMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 17, 1967
- DONALD LEE BAKERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- GALE ROBERT SIOWPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JOSEPH RALPH FRANCKOWIAKCorporal · July 27, 1968
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.