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Casualty Info
Home Town Statesboro
Last Address Statesboro
Casualty Date Jan 05, 1970
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Phong Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Status: Killed In Action while performing the duty of Pilot.
Flight class: 69-4/68-44
Short Summary: Frank was hit in the throat by a single round while covering a defoliation mission. Died before the crew could get him medical help.
Aircraft: UH-1C
Call sign: Copperhead 36
Started Tour: 05/06/1969
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Baptist - other groups
This record was last updated on 11/27/1997
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The following statement is copied from the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's Assoc. (VHPAMuseum.org) History Of The 162nd Aviation Co. (Assault) by Stan Gause
On January 5th a Copperhead fire team was providing gun cover for a slick spraying Agent
Orange along a canal near an ARVN compound west of Vinh Long. The slick began
receiving fire and the Copperheads started a gun run. Cpt Frank H. Brinson, the gun
platoon leader, was almost immediately hit in the throat by a round that severed a main
artery. The pilot, WO Allen Neher, took over and headed for the hospital at Vinh Long
using every ounce of torque he could pull while the CE and gunner tried to give Cpt
Brinson first aid. He by-passed the helipad, flew underneath some power lines and right
up to the back door of the Emergency Room. Unfortunately, they could not stop the
bleeding and Cpt Brinson died before they made it to the hospital. WO Neher had flown
the C model so hard that he overheated the engine and it had to be changed.
Description This campaign was from 9 June to 31 October 1969. During the summer and fall of 1969, conduct of operations was increasingly turned over to Vietnamese, US troops withdrew in greater numbers amid reaffirmations of support for the Republic of South Vietnam government. President Nixon announced the reduction of the U.S. military presence in South Vietnam which would be demonstrated initially by the withdrawal of 25,000 troops by 31 August 1969.
American troop strength had peaked at 543,400 in April 1969 but dropped to 505,500 by mid October. More scattered than before, enemy attacks were concentrated on South Vietnamese positions. U.S. combat deaths were down in the early fall as American units switched to small unit actions. The trend was not constant, however, because U.S. troops deaths which had fallen well below l00 a week in the fall, rose above 100 later in the year.
