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HUBERT F BRINSON
Captain · U.S. Army
August 8, 1941 – January 5, 1970
Service recordHubert F Brinson, of Statesboro, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 128
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Statesboro, Georgia (Bulloch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 128
- JAMES FRANCIS BRENNAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 5, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE BURNESFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1970
- GARY WAYNE ERICSONSergeant · January 5, 1970
- WILLIAM F GILMORE JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
From Statesboro
- JAMES ROBERT BRANNENPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- LUTHER M JONESSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- JESSIE WENDELL CONNERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS ROWECorporal · February 19, 1969
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · August 2, 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.