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BRIAN HARDMAN PHILIBERT
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 14, 1943 – April 24, 1968
Service recordBrian Hardman Philibert, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 49
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 49
- ARDEN KEITH RENVILLESpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- JAY DEE RICHTERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- FRANK RUDOLPH SIMMONSLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- JOHN HERSHEL SOUTHCaptain · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 44
- RUSSELL FLOYD DEITCHLERSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 45
- RALPH FREDENBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 45
- BUFORD GERALD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 47
- KENNETH EUGENE KOTYLUKSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 47
- DALE LEE LAMBERTSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 47
- STUART ARTHUR WERNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52E, Line 2
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.