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BRENDAN PATRICK FOLEY
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 27, 1932 – November 24, 1967
Service recordBrendan Patrick Foley, of New York, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 24, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 77
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 432 TRW
- Born
- March 27, 1932
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 24, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “432 TRW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 77
- MILLARD WADE FARBROSergeant · November 24, 1967
- RICHARD GALANCaptain · November 24, 1967
- ROLAND JOHN GRUNDERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- MARTIN LARRY HANNOSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIKCaptain · Panel 30E, Line 79
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.