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SHERRILL VANCE BROWN
Captain · U.S. Army
August 8, 1938 – July 10, 1966
Service recordSherrill Vance Brown, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 14
- DANIEL L WILSONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- ROBERT WAYNE KINGLance Corporal · July 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · Panel 9E, Line 15
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.