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WILLIAM EDWARD BROWN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – February 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Brown, of Ironton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Ironton, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 19
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- VINCENT COLASUONNOMajor · February 12, 1969
- WALTER NORMAN CRAWFORDSergeant · February 12, 1969
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
From Ironton
- WILLIAM THOMAS BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1965
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 28, 1966
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT BRYANTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1972
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.