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ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 16, 1948 – September 29, 1972
Service recordRobert Arthur Brett JR, of Corvallis, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on September 29, 1972, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 75
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 430 TFS 474 TFW
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Corvallis, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 29, 1972
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1972. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “430 TFS 474 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 1W, Line 75
- DANIEL VERNOR BORAH JRLieutenant · September 24, 1972
- PETER CHANSeaman Apprentice · September 25, 1972
- VINCENT CRAIG ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1972
- RICHARD BRYAN LINEBERRYLieutenant · September 27, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CLARE COLTMANColonel · Panel 1W, Line 76
From Corvallis
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT F MCCLAFLINLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 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.