Bobby Ray Brown

Specialist Four
270TH SIGNAL COMPANY, 37TH SIG BN, 1ST SIGNAL BDE
Army of the United States
15 March 1948 - 14 June 1969
Muncie, Indiana
Panel 22W Line 045

1 SIG BDE

37TH SIG BN
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Bobby Ray Brown

01 Jul 1999

He was my friend.

Larry
ls3505@aol.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

When the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade went into the A Shau Valley in late spring of 1969 they set up a number of fire support bases on the hilltops along the eastern side of the valley. The Brigade's Tactical Operations Center (TOC) was located at Fire Support Base Berchtesgaden on Hill 1030. At about 3 AM on the morning of 14 June 1969 FSB Berchtesgaden was assaulted by NVA sappers operating under cover of a heavy mortar barrage. Although the sappers managed to penetrate the perimeter in several places the attack was not successful and when the NVA withdrew they left 33 dead and 3 prisoners behind. Nevertheless, twelve US soldiers died in the fighting:
  • HHC, 3rd Brigade, 101st Abn Div
    • SGT David T. Sitton, Pueblo, CO
    • SP4 Louis J. Kelley, Conemaugh, PA
    • SP4 Malcolm E. Mitchell, Waco, TX
  • HHB, 2nd Bn, 319th Artillery
    • SP4 Ruben Urdialez, San Antonio, TX
    • PFC Johnny Wiles, Hardy, AR
    • PFC David A. Worrell, Gallatin, MO
  • B Co, 2nd Bn, 327th Infantry
    • CPL Michael J. Dodge, Gibraltar, MI
    • CPL Cutburt Hurtault, St Thomas, VQ
    • SP4 Armando A. Minor, Crosbyton, TX
  • CPT Robert M. Snell, Lamesa, TX, HHB, 2nd Bn, 320th Artillery (Dist Svc Cross)
  • SP4 Bobby R. Brown, Muncie, IN, 270th Signal Co
  • SP4 Paul S. Goc, Omaha, NE, C Btry, 2nd Bn, 11th Artillery




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