Willie Lee Brown Jr. (1948 - 1969)

Born 22 Sep 1948 in Archer, Alachua, Florida, United States

Died 8 Mar 1969 at age 20 in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Biography

Willie Brown Jr. is a part of US Black heritage.

Willie Brown Jr. was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

CPL Willie Brown Jr. served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War
Service started:
Unit(s): D CO, 6TH BN, 31ST INFANTRY, 9TH INF DIV, USARV
Service ended:

He passed away in 1969.

The 1950 census of Alachua, Florida reported Willie L. Brown Jr. age 1 in the household of Willie L Brown 28 and Beatrice Brown 24, with sister Rosa Lee 7. Willie Sr. was a truck driver for a planer mill and Beatrice was a farm hand.^[1]

Service Information

ON THE WALL: Panel W30 Line 72 This page Copyright© 1997-2018 www.VirtualWall.org Ltd. PERSONAL DATA: Home of Record: Archer, FL Date of birth: 09/22/1948 MILITARY DATA: Service Branch: Army of the United States Grade at loss: E3 Rank: Posthumous Promotion as indicated Promotion Note: None ID No: 67098198 MOS: 11H10: Infantry Direct Fire Crewman Length Service: 00 Unit: D CO, 6TH BN, 31ST INFANTRY, 9TH INF DIV, USARV CASUALTY DATA: Start Tour: 01/09/1969 Incident Date: 03/08/1969 Casualty Date: 03/08/1969 Status Date: Not Applicable Status Change: Not Applicable Age at Loss: 20 Location: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam Remains: Body recovered Repatriated: Not Applicable Identified: Not Applicable Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright Casualty Reason: Ground casualty Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire URL: https:/www.VirtualWall.org/db/BrownWL06a.htm Data accessed: 2/11/2019 ^[2]

Corp Willie Lee Brown Jr was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, Archer, Alachua, Florida.^[3]

Research Notes

• The 1950 census reports both Brown and Moss families on the same page as Willie Sr. and Beatrice.
• The cemetery name is properly St Peter Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Alachua, Florida; Roll: 322; Sheet Number: 73; Enumeration District: 1-42
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #80274576 (accessed 24 June 2023)
2. ↑ THE VIRTUAL WALL ® www.VirtualWall.org
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #94434883 (accessed 24 June 2023)
   Memorial page for Corp Willie Lee Brown Jr. (22 Sep 1948-8 Mar 1969), citing Saint Peters Cemetery, Archer, Alachua County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Charles A. Lewis (contributor 47162573).
4. ↑ https://www.wuft.org/news/2022/10/24/st-peter-cemetery-in-archer-designated-as-a-florida-heritage-site/

See also:

• "CPL Willie Lee Brown, Jr." The Virtual Wall. Www.VirtualWall.org, Ltd, 29 2018. Web. 11 Feb 2019. <https://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SummersillEP01a.htm>
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.