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CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
March 25, 1928 – October 8, 1967
Service recordChristopher Braybrooke, of Boonton, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 73
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 25, 1928
- Home of record
- Boonton, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 73
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- MELVIN EDWARD JOHNSONConstructionman · October 8, 1967
- MITCHELL LYNN KEMPSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ANDERSONMajor · Panel 27E, Line 67
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · Panel 27E, Line 75
- RONALD PAUL RUYFFAirman Second Class · Panel 27E, Line 76
- DAVID ERIC WIELANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 78
From Boonton
- WALTER LEE BABBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- STANLEY JOHN CYGONCaptain · April 3, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD ZIBURA JRCorporal · September 18, 1968
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.