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TOM WILLIE BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1937 – December 4, 1965
Service recordTom Willie Brown, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 124
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- December 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 124
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- LUZ VIEGRASpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- JAMES E NUNLEYSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.