Kenneth Raymond Brown
Boatswain 2nd Class.

Served aboard  USS KAWISHIWI AO-146 as
                                                            a Seaman plank member in 1955
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Next Duty:
COMMNAVSUPPACT DANANG  DET HUE
USNAVFORV NAVSUPACT

KILLED IN ACTION: Over 18 years service.;  5 Aug. 1967 in the vicinity of Thua Thien Province, Phu Vang District, South Vietnam; being ambushed and hit presumably by a sniper while driving a jeep and colliding into a telephone pole.

DET=(Detachment);
USNAVFORV = (US Naval Force Vietnam);
NAVSUPACT (Naval Support Activity)
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Kenneth Raymond Brown   Born: 15 Jan. 1931; Lyndonville, Vermont
Mother: Goldie Drown Brown;  Father: Sidney Brown     44 Tailor St., Granby Mass 01033
Joined the Navy: 19 Jan. 1948; Springfield, Mass – Home Holyoke, Mass
Widow: Thodora Velinza Brown; Senta Monica, Santa Rita, Pampanga, Philippines [Near Olongapo]
Daughter: Evangelin D. Brown; Born 23 July 1964   Son: Jeffery Dizon Brown; Born 14 February 1966
VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL IN WASHINGTON D.C.

VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL
As observed on July 4, 2011 in Bellevue, WA at the Sunset Hills Memorial Park


 USS Kawishiwi AO-146 Plank Member, Vern Bouwman
Points out Kenneth's name on East Wall Panel 24, Row 79.


 Vern's wife stand near the panel, observing the roses placed a Vietnamese group in the Seattle area.
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The wall is transported around the United States in this trailer.  Click Image


The tractor in front of the Memorial


8:00 am July 4, 2011, a Volunteer is ready to find a lost Casulty of the vietnam War.  Click Image

Vern visited the Vietnam Memorial in 1985 while on assignment to Naval Surface Warefare Center, Dahlren, VA.