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WALTER D BROWNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – August 2, 1969
Service recordWalter D Browne, of Haiku, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Haiku, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 85
- WILLIAM EUGENE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY CONRAD JRCorporal · August 2, 1969
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 89
- ALLAN T YOUNGKRANS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 90
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.