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WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1950 – November 17, 1969
Service recordWilliam Joseph Brown, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 86
- ROBERT CLARENCE SKINNERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
- JERRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- MARK WAYNE BURCHARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN HAYES CALDWELLSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 87
- RICHARD HERSHEL GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 88
From Poughkeepsie
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 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.