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THOMAS EDWARD BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1948 – November 25, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Brown, of Murphy, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Murphy, North Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DEL BIRDWELLCaptain · November 25, 1968
- PAUL EUGENE BONNETTESpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- KENNETH JOHN BRITTSergeant · November 25, 1968
- JOHN ELMER BRIXSergeant · November 25, 1968
From Murphy
- RAYMOND FARLEY TRANTHAMLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM RALPH GRAVES JRFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1970
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.