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WILLIE LEE BROWN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 22, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordWillie Lee Brown JR, of Archer, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Archer, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 72
- ALFRED ELI ALVEY JRCorporal · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RAY BLACKCaptain · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN BOWESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- LARRY DONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 72
- DANNY LEROY HANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 75
- CLIFTON FRED WAGNERSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 83
From Archer
- JOHNELL WITHERSPOONSpecialist Five · November 4, 1970
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.