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HOWARD BRISBANE COMER JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 4, 1945 – November 24, 1969
Service recordHoward Brisbane Comer JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 115
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 115
- ROGER LEE BYUSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1969
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- LARRY ELBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- ROBERT FREW CONTIFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH ARMSTRONGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 114
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 114
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- LAURENCE ATWOOD YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 116
- MICHAEL FILBERT GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JOSEPH EDGAR HARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 117
- JAMES RANDLE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 118
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 118
- JOHN HEZEKIAH WHITTINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 119
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.