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WALTER BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – July 18, 1967
Service recordWalter Brown, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 84
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 84
- THEODORE ELBA WESTBROOKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- GILBERT FLOYD BALLARDPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD BROWNSergeant · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEVETT GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 85
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 85
- ROGER WILLIAM GREETANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 86
- JEROME JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 86
- DAN CLIFTON STARNS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 89
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.