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RONALD HOWARD BROWN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1937 – February 7, 1968
Service recordRonald Howard Brown, of Sun Valley, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 79
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- January 6, 1937
- Home of record
- Sun Valley, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 79
- WILLIE HOWARD ADGERLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD BURBACHFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- LIONEL BUTLER SRStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1968
From Sun Valley
- NICHOLAS MARK HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- HEINZ ARNOLD TAPIOSergeant · July 22, 1967
- STEVEN LARRY OSTROFFSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES RAMSEYSergeant · February 18, 1968
- JAMES DONALD KLUGEPrivate First Class · May 17, 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.