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WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWN
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 5, 1935 – July 9, 1965
Service recordWilliam Lennington Brown, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- October 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 33
- IGNACIO ALMANZAR JRLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
From Ypsilanti
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 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.