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JOSEPH WILLIAM BRAND
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
May 1, 1925 – August 17, 1966
Service recordJoseph William Brand, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 17, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- May 1, 1925
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 17, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 14
- BASIL PLANE BRASSStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- RONALD LEE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR CHRISTYSpecialist Five · August 17, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.