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WILLIAM ELLIS BROWNING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1943 – August 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ellis Browning, of Lutz, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 32
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 22 INF 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Lutz, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Gunshot
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 32
- TROY DAVID FAULKNERSpecialist Five · April 23, 1969
- MELVIN JOHN FREISEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- OLLIE JAMES GROSSPetty Officer First Class · April 23, 1969
- JAMES PHILLIP HEIMSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
From Lutz
- LE ROY CARL RADTKE JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WRIGHTPrivate First Class · July 29, 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.