BRASS PAUL ROBERT

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Name: WO1 Paul Robert Brass
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 12/14/1970 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 21.9
Date of Birth: 01/25/1949
Home City: St Charles, IL
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 326 MED 101 ABN
Major organization: 101st Airborne Division
Flight class: 70-7/70-5
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 06W-119
Short Summary: Crashed in side of mountain during night bad weather with Randall G. Freeman.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 69-15137
Call sign: DUSTOFF
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100B = Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
Primary cause: A/C Accident WX
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: vehicular accident
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: co-pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 07/09/1970
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
The initial status of this person was: no previous report
Length of service: *
Location: Thua Thien Province I Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: YD313180
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: RESURRECTION CEMETERY, GENEVA TOWNSHIP, IL
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 03/27/2020


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