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THEODORE BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1948 – August 28, 1967
Service recordTheodore Brown, of Lejunior, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Lejunior, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 55
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGFireman Apprentice · August 27, 1967
- FRANK LEROY BELLANTFireman · August 28, 1967
- MARCUS BROWN JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- ORLANDO FLONORYPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ORLANDO FLONORYPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 55
- WILLIE CECIL BAKERPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 56
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.