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RONALD DOUGLAS BROWN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1946 – October 1, 1968
Service recordRonald Douglas Brown, of Jefferson, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 53
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Jefferson, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 53
- FRANK ALLEN BAGGETTCorporal · October 1, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ALLEN PAUL BROEKHUIZENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- FREDERICK HAROLD FLYNNSergeant · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 52
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ASHERSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 52
- FRANK ALLEN BAGGETTCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 53
- CHARLES ARTHUR BRANCHPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 53
- FREDERICK HAROLD FLYNNSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 53
- RICHARD BART CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 54
- ROBERT JOSEPH DAVISSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 54
- JOHN WILLIAM DINGUS JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 54
- GARY WAYNE BROWNCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 55
- LEMUEL JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 56
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 58
- EUGENE RAVN SUAREZCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 60
- BERNARD JEFFERY UHRENCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 60
- JOSE D MELENDEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 61
From Jefferson
- CLARENCE LEROY CASTOStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE MCMILLIONPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.