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BRIAN JOHN DEVANEY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – May 30, 1970
Service recordBrian John Devaney, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1970, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 120
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
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 120
- TIMOTHY JOHN BROWNCorporal · May 30, 1970
- JOSEPH RUSSLE CLINCHFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1970
- DOMINICK LAWRENCE CUCCIAFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE DUVALSpecialist Four · May 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HOWARD STEPPWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 122
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.