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WILLIAM FRANK BROWNING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1949 – July 5, 1970
Service recordWilliam Frank Browning, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 121
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
- Occupation
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 121
- RICHARD JOHN WARDENWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
- ROBERT JOHN WINGENFELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 4, 1970
- E G AKERS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1970
- DANNY LEE ARCHERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.