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WILLIAM ARTHUR BROWN
Private · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – March 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Arthur Brown, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 130
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 130
- MATTHEW DAVID ATKINS IIIPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MILES JOSEPH MCLOUGHLINSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 10
- GERMAN LEE NICHOLSONSpecialist Five · Panel 17E, Line 10
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.