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ROBERT WALLACE BROWNLEE JR
Colonel · U.S. Army
July 21, 1929 – April 25, 1972
Service recordRobert Wallace Brownlee JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 25, 1972, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 21, 1929
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 25, 1972
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1972; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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 6
- KENNETH JOSEPH YONANMajor · October 21, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD HUNSICKERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1972
- JOHNNY MACK JONESFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1972
- LEROY BENJAMIN AIKENPrivate First Class · April 25, 1972
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.