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WILSON BOYD BROWN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – June 29, 1968
Service recordWilson Boyd Brown, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 14
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 14
- LARRY EARL ADAMSLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- DOYLE TRAVIS ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- DENNIS LEE BROWNLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEWIS GRIFFINCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 16
- RAYMOND ORDONEZSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 18
From Myrtle Beach
- NEAL IRA BESTPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- WILLIE DALPHUS SPIVEYStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- WILLIE LEE KEITHSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- THOMAS LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · February 23, 1970
- LARRY LEON JORDANCorporal · March 24, 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.