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PAUL ROBERT BRASS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 25, 1949 – December 14, 1970
Service recordPaul Robert Brass, of St Charles, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 119
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- St Charles, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 119
- JOHN TERRENCE KILESpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- TOMMY GENE MORRISCorporal · December 13, 1970
- EARL EDWIN SHANNONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL GAYLORD FREEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 120
- STEVE FREDDIE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 120
- JEFFERY DAVID KUERSTENSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 120
- KENNETH HARLEN LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 121
- RICHARD LEE MAYNARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 121
From St Charles
- EVERETT ALLAN EASTMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · July 31, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JOSEPHCorporal · October 2, 1967
- JESSE LAVERN WILLOUGHBYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- MARK LEON TRIPLETTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- STANLEY DYKUS MONTGOMERYSergeant · December 22, 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.