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WILLIAM FLOYD BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1946 – December 27, 1965
Service recordWilliam Floyd Brown, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 41
- JOHN JOSEPH CARLONE IIPrivate · December 27, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- JAMES CLIFTON GUILLORYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1965
- STEPHEN DYER JEWETTSpecialist Four · December 27, 1965
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.