In Honored Remembrance of Captain David Catlton Brown
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David Carlton Brown was born into an Army family at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on April 29, 1944. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1962 and graduated in the class of 1966, being assigned to the Infantry. He then attended both Advanced Inantry and Airborne Schools and was assigned as a Platoon Leader and later Company Commander in the 503rd United States Infantry, 173rd
Airborne Brigade. On September 7, 1968, he was killed-in-action in the Quang Duc Provence of South Vietnam.

During his short military career, Captain Brown earned the Bronze Star with two "V" devices for valor, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal,the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.

Captain Brown was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

He was survived by his parents, Colonel Harry C. Brown, United States Army, and Sheila Brown, as well as by his brother, Jeffrey Brown.

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Saturday, February 22, 2003
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