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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harry Milton Brenn.

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HARRY MILTON BRENN

Major · U.S. Air Force

April 28, 1933 – April 13, 1967

Service record

Harry Milton Brenn, of Moscow, Idaho, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 13, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 21

Position of Panel 18E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Born
April 28, 1933
Home of record
Moscow, Idaho (Latah County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 13, 1967
Age
33
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 21

From Moscow

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.