THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrances from family members attest to their love for you. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us.....

May God hold you in his loving arms and keep you from further harm !
RIP Brave Soul !

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Thank you for stepping up and answering your country's call. Rest easy knowing you will never be forgotten.

Marc A. Brown

DATE OF BIRTH: 2-Aug-47
PLACE OF BIRTH:
Newport, Rhode Island
HOME OF RECORD:
Long Beach, California


Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Vietnam War
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Private First Class
Battalion: 3d Battalion
Division: 1st Marine Division (Rein.), FMF
GENERAL ORDERS:

CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Marc A. Brown (MCSN: 2297413), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against enemy forces while serving as a Machine Gunner with the First Platoon, Company M, Third Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam on 21 April 1967. During Operation UNION, two companies of the Third Battalion, First Marines were helilifted into the Que Son Valley, in the vicinity of Nui Loc Son to reinforce an infantry company that was heavily engaged by a numerically superior enemy force estimated to be of battalion strength. The well-entrenched enemy immediately began delivering devastating mortar and small arms fire on the companies. During the ensuing battle, Private First Class Brown observed his Platoon Commander and several other Marines wounded and in an exposed area. For more than an hour, enemy fire was so intense that numerous attempts to evacuate the wounded failed. Realizing that the only chance to extract the wounded was to gain fire superiority, Private First Class Brown left his position with a M-60 machine gun and ran forward into the open rice paddy. He brought his fire to bear on a tree line, giving his fellow Marines covering fire to evacuate the wounded. During the vicious exchange of fire, he was mortally wounded. By his bold initiative, dauntless courage and selfless devotion to duty, he was instrumental in saving his comrades from further injury or possible death thereby upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

Dear PFC Marc Brown,
Thank you for your service as a Machine Gunner. Thank you for your service as an Armor Reconnaissance Specialist. It is another summer, as time continues to pass since Vietnam. It is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.