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WALTER EVANS BROWN JR
Private · U.S. Army
September 3, 1948 – March 25, 1969
Service recordWalter Evans Brown JR, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 33
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 33
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BRANNONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- EDDIE DEAN CARPERSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEWELL ROBERT GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 36
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- FREDERICK DANIEL HERRERASergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- PHILLIP EDMOND LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 37
- RICHARD DEAN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 40
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.