Howard Brisbane Comer Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit187th Aviation Company
RankChief Warrant Officer Second Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromJacksonville Florida
Date of DeathNovember 24 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B

Notes
Chief Warrant Officer, Second Class Comer was a member of 187th Aviation Company, 269th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. On November 24, 1969, he was the pilot of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) on a general support mission when the aircraft crashed into the Van Co Dung River, South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on December 24, 1993 and identified on February 6, 2001. 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.