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THOMAS EDWARD BROWN
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
September 26, 1941 – April 29, 1966
Service recordThomas Edward Brown, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 29, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 7
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 211 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- September 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 7
- TOMMY LEE BOATWRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- LEO SYDNEY BOSTONColonel · April 29, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM BRUCH JRFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
From Danville
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 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.