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WALTER OTHO BROWN JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1944 – December 19, 1967
Service recordWalter Otho Brown JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1944
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 20
- JOHN DANIEL BARNETT JRPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RALPH DANIEL BOBIANLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- JAMES LEE BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- CHARLES CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 25
- STEVEN NICHOLAS RADUCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 26
- JIMMY LEE WOOLFOLKPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 28
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.