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Sgt Roger Proper (Jolly Roger)
to remember
Marine PFC James Homer Brown.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Birmingham
Last Address Birmingham
Casualty Date Dec 21, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Forest Hill Cemetery - Birmingham, Alabama
Wall/Plot Coordinates Panel 32E Line 034/Plot Block 40 or 41
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)/Operation Foster
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November / 1967
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November / 1967
Description Nov 13 – 30; 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines search and destroy operation in the Quảng Nam Province.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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November / 1967
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember Lt Krebs Plt Ldr...S/Sgt Keeton Plt Sgt PFC Proper Sqd Ldr....PFC's Schwab, Vasquez, Smith and Brown......remaining members of 1st sqd, 2nd plt Lima 3/7 1st Mar Div
Memories Operation Foster/Citrus had evolved into a regimental size OP....1st sqd was walking point to a night time pos.....ambushed all 5 of us out in the open in a graveyard with a machine gun. Brown was hit in the chest. Relieved as point we carried him wrapped in a poncho until the next morning and put him on a resupply chopper. He was my friend....
