Harold Joseph Brazen
Lance Corporal
MABS-12, MAG-12, 1ST MAW, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
April 03, 1944 to August 24, 1965
HAROLD J BRAZEN is on the Wall at Panel 4E, Line 54

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14 Jul 2008

REMEMBERED

by his sister,
Deborah L. Brazen
Pittsburgh, Pa
E-mail address is not available.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

When the Marines arrived in Vietnam in force a "rest and recuperation" program was established which permitted assigned Marines and sailors to take few days' leave in various out-of-country locations - Hong Kong, Bangkok, the Philippines, and so on. Transportation to and from these locations was provided by US government aircraft.

On 25 Aug 1965 a KC-130 (BuNo 149802) belonging to VMGR-152 was scheduled to bring 65 passengers back from Hong Kong. As the aircraft took off from Kai Tak airport it veered off the runway, struck a sea wall, and crashed in Kowloon Bay. Twelve of the 71 men on board survived the crash; 59 did not.

The Marine Air Group 12 Command Chronology for August 1965 contains the following entry:


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