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CHARLES RICHARD BROWNLEE
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 3, 1931 – December 24, 1968
Service recordCharles Richard Brownlee, of Alamosa, Colorado, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 24, 1968, in Laos, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 71
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)
- 355 TFW TAKHLI AB
- Born
- August 3, 1931
- Home of record
- Alamosa, Colorado (Alamosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 36W, Line 71
- JAMES ALBERT TUELLERSergeant · December 23, 1968
- JAMES U WILLIAMS IIIPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN BORLANDCorporal · December 24, 1968
- LEE MURRAY BROOKSSpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
From Alamosa
- JOSE HILARIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- DONALD R THOMPSONSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- GORDON MILTON GEORGE JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JOHN CLIFFORD WOODCorporal · July 4, 1969
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.