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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Barrett Chamberland Brown.

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BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWN

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

October 19, 1948 – August 22, 1969

Service record

Barrett Chamberland Brown, of Littlerock, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 19W · Line 91

Position of Panel 19W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
October 19, 1948
Home of record
Littlerock, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 22, 1969
Age
20
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 19W, Line 91

Same unit, same day

From Littlerock

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.