Robert Arthur Brett Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit474th Tactical Fighter Wing
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromCorvallis Oregon
Date of DeathSeptember 29 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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474th Tactical Fighter Wing

Notes
Captain Brett was a member of the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing. On September 29, 1972, he was the aircraft commander of a General Dynamics Aardvark Fighter (F-111A) on a mission about 10 miles southwest of Yen Bai, Laos, when the aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on November 20, 2000 and identified on March 5, 2002. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.