Barry Brown Collection (029) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 0290000000
- Collection
- Barry Brown Collection
- Title
- Finding Aid
- Linear Feet
- 2.3
- Pages
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- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 07 November 2001
Scope and Contents
Just over two linear feet of photographs, one museum artifact, and various documents detail Barry Brown's service in the United States Army, 1967-1971. All materials are primary source materials from the Vietnam Conflict era and include correspondence, manuscripts, military documents and orders, awards and medal citations, patches, campaign ribbons, and efficiency reports. A notable object in the collection is the 2.75 Folding Fin Rocket museum artifact.- 1
- Photographs
VA009545 - VA009709: 165 photographs of Brown's service
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- Maps
(in the scanning Queue) Map of I Corp
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- Museum Objects
029museum0097: 2.75 Folding Fin Rocket
029museum4159: Airborne Patch
029museum4160: 101st Cavalry patch
029museum4161: Flightwings patch
029museum4162: Field Artillery Patch
029museum4163: 'Wings of Destiny' patch
029museum4164: Captain's bars patch
029museum4165: A Battery 4 Battalion 77 artillery ARA patch
029museum4166: 101st Airborne Division patch
029museum4167: 'U.S. Army' tape patch
029museum4168: Name tape patch 'BROWN' patch
029museum4169: Ranger rocker patch
029museum4170: Blue Max patch
029museum4171: Plastic name tag pin
029museum4172: 101st Airborne Division pin
029museum4173: Ear Plugs
029museum4174: Ribbon Rack pin
029museum4175: Aerial Artillery Plaque
029museum4176: 'Wings of Liberty' Plaque
029museum4177: 53rd Aviation Batallion pin. 'Support Everywhere'
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D048.5]]
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Correspondence from wife and children October 1967
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Correspondence from wife and children November 1967
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Correspondence from wife and children December 1967
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Correspondence from wife and children January 1968
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Correspondence from wife and children February 1968
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Correspondence from wife and children March 1968
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Correspondence from wife and children April 1968
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Correspondence from wife and children May 1968
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Correspondence from wife and children June 1968
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July-August 1968 miscellaneous family correspondence (primarily wife and children)
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Letters from his parents, grandmother, and brother
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2 letters from Barry Brown
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Miscellaneous letters from friends and his wife's family
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Empty envelopes and address labels
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Postcards and Christmas cards from family and 4 thank you cards from friends
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Barry Brown manuscript on his return trip to Vietnam
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"Passionate Warriors" A Fine Art Installation by Barry Brown - Artist's Statement and list/description of paintings.
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Military Documents: Discharge order
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Officer record brief
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Individual flight record and flight certificate Army
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Travel voucher
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Special orders 22 September 1970
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Special orders 2 December 1970
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Special orders 17 January 1971
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Special orders 18 February 1971
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Special orders 20 July 1971
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Special orders 8 November 1971
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Special orders 7 December 1971
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General orders 29 October 1971
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Copy of air medal award
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Citation of air medal award
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General order award of the Bronze Star
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General order award of air medal
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Copy of Army commendation medal award
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General order award of Bronze Star
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Citation Bronze Star
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Correspondence of acceptance into field artillery advanced course
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Correspondence concerning field artillery advanced course
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Correspondence concerning field artillery advanced course
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Correspondence concerning field artillery advanced course
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U.S. Army officer efficiency report 8/1/67
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U.S. Army officer efficiency report 7/8/71
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Servicemen's group and life insurance form
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"Rendezvous with Destiny 101st Airborne Division"
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Handwritten list of officers KIA after mid-air collision Spring 1971
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Travel Voucher 27 August 1968
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B Battery 2nd Battalion (Aerial Artillery) 20th Artillery 1st Air Cav Division
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Rocket Platoon standard operating procedure
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Special orders 24 June 1966
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Special orders 24 May 1967
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Special orders 24 May 1967
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Special orders 31 May 1967
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Special orders 6 July 1968
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Travel Voucher 29 July 1967
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Disposition Form 9 February 1967
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Special Orders 29 May 1968
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Special Orders 1 August 1967
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Unit Orders 9 September 1967
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General Orders Bronze Star 16 June 1968
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General Orders Air Medal 2 September 1967
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General Orders Award of Air Medal 5 August 1968
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General Orders Award of Air Medal for Heroism 14 January 1968
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Citation Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Bronze Star
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General Orders Award Distinguished Flying Cross 22 May 1968
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General Orders Award of Silver Star 28 June 1968
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News Clipping about Brown Receiving the Flying Cross
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News Clipping about Brown Receiving the Flying Cross
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Request for a change of assignment 31 January 1967
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Pecuniary Liability Report for stolen .38 at LZ Jane
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Army reply to Brown letter 9 November 1967
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Army reply to assignment request 19 March 1968
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Brown letter with questions pertaining to DA policy on aviators
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Assignment request 19 March 1968
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Individual flight record July 1968
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Card nine rules of US personnel MACV, Vietnam
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Officer efficiency report 19 November 1967
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Officer efficiency report 19 March 1968
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Officer efficiency report 9 May 1968
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Officer efficiency report 25 July 1968
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Unit trophy citation
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Manuscripts: "Selection and Fighter Prediction for Attack Helicopter Pilots" Aug 1970 - "Fire Mission" 22 May 1968 - Manuscript on standard operating procedure - Manuscript "North Vietnamese Army's use of Internal Control and Motivational Techniques" October 1969 - Manuscript " An Analysis of Helicopter Tactics During the Incursion into Laos in 1971 Cooperation Lam Son 719" April 1974
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0290000000
- Citation
- Barry Brown Collection (029) Finding Aid, Barry Brown Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0290000000, Accessed 01 May 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 0290000000, Barry Brown Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 06 Nov 2001 [Updated: 14 Feb 2019]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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