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WERNER CURT BROWN II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1945 – September 29, 1968
Service recordWerner Curt Brown II, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 39
- ARTHUR BLAKE CREWSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- GORDON BUTLERCorporal · September 29, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- VAN LESLIE DURHAMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER LEE MOORE JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 42
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.