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WILBUR RONALD BROWN
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 22, 1936 – February 3, 1966
Service recordWilbur Ronald Brown, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 3, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 134
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1051A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 311 AIR COM SQ DANANG AB
- Born
- July 22, 1936
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 3, 1966
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “311 AIR COM SQ DANANG AB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 134
- MICHAEL WILSONLance Corporal · February 2, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COOMESSergeant · February 3, 1966
- RICHARD CLIVE YOUNGBEARSergeant · February 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · Panel 4E, Line 134
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
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.