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THAL ANTHONY BROWN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1939 – August 23, 1968
Service recordThal Anthony Brown, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 38
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1939
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 38
- WILLIAM HENRY BRIC IIIPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM BROWNCorporal · August 23, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LEE CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- HYLAN LYNN CROWDERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BARRY J BECANNENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 37
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 41
- WALTER FERGUSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 41
- MICHAEL DAVID FIXPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 41
- PATRICK SHAWN HEDERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- GILBERTO MENDEZ MOLINAPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 49
- GEORGE EDWARD PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 51
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · Panel 47W, Line 53
- RICHARD ORRIN SOPERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 55
- ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 56
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.