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THOMAS TAD BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1943 – August 7, 1967
Service recordThomas Tad Brown, of Plain City, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Plain City, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 88
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
- MICHAEL AUBREY MOORMANSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
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.