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JOHN PATRICK BRENNAN
Captain · U.S. Army
February 21, 1943 – October 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Patrick Brennan, of Union, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 54
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
- February 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Union, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 54
- ADRIAN LAURENCE ALLENLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- TERRY WAYNE BOOKERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- EARL EUGENE CHARLESSergeant · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE AIKINCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 53
- OWEN TETSUMI HIRANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 17W, Line 56
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 56
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 57
- GREG BRADFORD SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 58
- RICHARD ALAN SMITH SRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 58
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 59
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 60
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 124
From Union
- CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JRCaptain · September 3, 1966
- EDWARD BRUCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES DALEYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- JEFFREY WAYNE KOONCESergeant · November 19, 1967
- FREDDIE WHITAKERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- EDWARD WESLEY PAWLOWSKILieutenant (junior grade) · March 23, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLOSergeant · May 4, 1970
- RONALD C WALTERSCorporal · December 16, 1970
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.