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WARREN FRED BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1945 – June 2, 1969
Service recordWarren Fred Brown, of Ama, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 42
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Ama, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 42
- WILLIAM DAVID BLOOMFIELDPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- RICHARD LEE BRECHSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- MURRY LAWRENCE BRITTONPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 41
- SCOTT DOUGLAS BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 41
- DUANE ROY BAUMGARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 43
- MARK STEVEN DREIERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 43
- JEFFREY LEE GELDINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 44
- FRANCIS RUSSELL MCGOWANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- DONALD JOHN PORTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- ROBERT LESLIE POXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- WILBUR ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 48
- PRESTON TAYLOR JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 48
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 49
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 49
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.