Vietnam War
Unit | 5th Special Forces Group |
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Rank | Sergeant First Class U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | La Habra California |
Date of Death | November 3 1969 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Sergeant First Class Brown was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On November 3, 1969, he was on patrol 30 miles inside Laos near Ban Chakevy Tai in Saravane Province, when it was ambushed. He was wounded and declared Missing in Action. His remains were recovered April 2010 and identified on January 6, 2011. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.