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THOMAS LAIRD BRATTAIN
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 24, 1933 – November 28, 1968
Service recordThomas Laird Brattain, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 82
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 24, 1933
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 82
- CHARLES EDWARD BESTMANNSergeant · November 28, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH DRAKEPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- KENNETH JOHNSONSergeant First Class · November 28, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.