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WILLIAM LEROY BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1949 – December 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Leroy Brown, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 2
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 2
- AARON ANDRE BARNES JRSergeant · December 29, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BOGGESSSergeant · December 29, 1968
- LEONARD EDWARD BRADFORDCorporal · December 29, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW BUCKLEYSergeant · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE BYRDSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 3
- JAMES JOSEPH MORRISSEYCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 5
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.