James Auston Brown

Vietnam War
Unit362nd Engineer Construction Company, 20th Engineer Brigade
RankSpecialist 4 U.S. Army
Entered Service FromHumbolt Tennessee
Date of DeathAugust 12 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Specialist, Fourth Class Brown was a member of 362nd Engineer Construction Company, 588th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade. On August 12, 1970, he was bathing in a river in Tay Ninh Province about 25 miles west of Chon Thanh, South Vietnam when he lost his footing and was swept downstream. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.