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WENDELL LEE BROWN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 8, 1941 – April 29, 1970
Service recordWendell Lee Brown, of Keyser, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 29, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 67
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Keyser, West Virginia (Mineral County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 67
- PAUL DEWITT BRANNONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1970
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · April 29, 1970
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- LOUIS ANTHONY FAVUZZAFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1970
From Keyser
- SAMUEL GILMORE UMSTOT JRCaptain · September 12, 1968
- CRAIG WARD HAINESPetty Officer Third Class · February 17, 1970
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.