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OSCAR LEE BRITTENUM JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 17, 1947 – December 16, 1969
Service recordOscar Lee Brittenum JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 61
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
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 61
- DAVID BENTON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- JOE DAVID WRIGHTCorporal · December 15, 1969
- VICTOR PATRICK BUCKLEYLieutenant · December 16, 1969
- ALLEN ANTHONY BULLARD JRSpecialist Four · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD HAYESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 64
- SVEN STERNING MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 64
- ROY LEE ROYSTONSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 65
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.