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WILLIAM ERNEST BROWN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – November 15, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ernest Brown, of Hillsboro, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Ohio (Highland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 69
- JACKIE SHIRL UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- KARL EDWIN WEBERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- FRANCIS CLAYBURN AKI JRSergeant · November 15, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS BIRCHIMCaptain · November 15, 1968
From Hillsboro
- JOHN RAYMOND CROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MARK LOREN HOOKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- CARY FRANCIS MCAFEECaptain · September 14, 1968
- OLLIE JAMES GROSSPetty Officer First Class · April 23, 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.