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WILLIE BROWN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1948 – April 24, 1969
Service recordWillie Brown, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 38
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 38
- DONALD D BLAIRCaptain · April 24, 1969
- JAMES ESTREM BOUSQUETFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1969
- JAMES ANDERSON BROWN IIWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUDZINSKISergeant · April 24, 1969
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
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.