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WILLIAM ANTHONY BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1949 – March 29, 1970
Service recordWilliam Anthony Brown, of Hudson, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Hudson, New York (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 57
- STARET JOHN INGLESTONSergeant · March 29, 1970
- RAYMOND STEPHEN INSLEESergeant · March 29, 1970
- DAVID MICHAEL KINGCorporal · March 29, 1970
- DONN MICHAEL LORBERCorporal · March 29, 1970
From Hudson
- PAUL DAVID GRASSOPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANKLIN DECKERSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER KLOTZPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
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.