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From the collection of the National Park Service, National Mall and Memorial Parks.

card, unit commemorative place

CATALOG NUMBER

VIVE 11794

ACCESSION DATE

06/03/1997

ITEM SUMMARY

U.S. Army 199th Infantry Brigade (Light) unit commemorative place card dedicated to U.S. Army Sergeant First Class (SFC) Joe David Brown. The place card bears a full color rendition of the U.S. Army 199th Infantry Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia, handwritten inscriptions specifying SFC Brown's name, rank, casualty date, "1/28/68", & Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) Wall location information, "35E", and a typewritten inscription detailing contact information for Redcatcher, the association of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, at the reverse surface. The artifact was left at The Wall along with a framed photographic print and larger assemblage of unit commemorative place cards (VIVE (11773 - 11793, & 11795 - 11798)) by members of Redcatcher between May - June 1997.

ITEM DESCRIPTION

U.S. ARMY 199TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (LIGHT) UNIT COMMEMORATIVE PLACE CARD DEDICATED TO U.S. ARMY SERGEANT FIRST CLASS (SFC) JOE DAVID BROWN. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SEGMENT OF HEAVY GAUGE, WHITE, UNLINED CARDSTOCK WHICH HAS BEEN FOLDED EXACTLY IN HALF (1/2) TO CREATE A PLACE CARD. AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, A FULL COLOR RENDITION OF THE U.S. ARMY 199TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (LIGHT) SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA (APPROVED ON 10 JUNE, 1966) IS PRINTED IN BLUE, YELLOW, RED, AND WHITE INK, CONSISTING OF: A SHIELD, OBLONG IN SHAPE AND ARCHED AT BOTH ENDS, EDGED WITH A BLUE BORDER FIMBRIATED BY A WHITE INNER EDGE ON A BLUE BACKGROUND, THE UPPER LENGTH OF A WHITE SPEAR, THE AREA BELOW THE SPEARHEAD ENVELOPED WITH A STYLIZED YELLOW FLAME HAVING AN INNER CORE OF RED. THE COLORS BLUE AND WHITE ARE USED TO REPRESENT INFANTRY, WHILE THE SPEAR (AN EARLY INFANTRY WEAPON IN FLAMES) SYMBOLIZES THE EVOLUTION AND FIREPOWER OF THE MODERN INFANTRY. DIRECTLY BELOW THE SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA THE NAME, RANK, AND CASUALTY DATE, "SFC JOE D. BROWN / 1/28/68" ARE HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS. AT THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, SERVICE AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR, "REDCATCHER / THE ASSOCIATION OF THE 199TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE" IS TYPEWRITTEN IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS. ADDITIONALLY, VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) WALL LOCATION INFORMATION FOR SFC BROWN, "35E" IS HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS, UPSIDE DOWN TO THE PROPER ORIENTATION OF THE OBJECT, AT THE LOWER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. (SOURCE: THE INSTITUTE OF HERALDRY- HTTP://WWW.TIOH.HQDA.PENTAGON.MIL) THE OBJECT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VIVE (11773 - 11793 & 11795 - 11798).

ACCESSION GROUP

VIVE-00159

RECORD COPONENT QTY

1

ASSOCIATED ITEM TEXT

Text of the handwritten and typewritten inscriptions at the obverse and reverse object surfaces is transcribed in full, as follows: [Obverse object surface, handwritten inscription] "SFC JOE D. BROWN / 1/28/68" / [Reverse object surface, handwritten inscription] "35E" / [Reverse object surface, typewritten inscription] "REDCATCHER / The Association of the 199TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE / Vietnam [star symbol] Cambodia [star symbol] 1966-70 / McLean VA / tel 703 448-0199"

ITEM DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT

Item Weight: 2.4g
Item Length: 10.75cm
Item Width: 7.0cm