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THOMAS RICHARD BROWN
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 16, 1950 – June 23, 1970
Service recordThomas Richard Brown, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 23, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 82
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- November 16, 1950
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 82
- DARRELL EDWARD BURNSSergeant · June 23, 1970
- NEWTON STEVE CLEMENTStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
- HAROLD EUGENE COWANCorporal · June 23, 1970
- DENNIS JAMES DILLONSpecialist Five · June 23, 1970
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.