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SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1944 – February 6, 1967
Service recordSamuel Junious Brown, of Timmonsville, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 126
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Timmonsville, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 126
- EVERETT ARMSTRONGSergeant · February 6, 1967
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · February 6, 1967
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 126
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 127
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 128
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 130
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 2
From Timmonsville
- MATTHEW DEVANUGHAN KENNEDYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1967
- WASHINGTON PAULEYSergeant · May 12, 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.