English: Major Charles Richard Brownlee of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing stands next to an F-105 Thunderchief. Major Charles Richard Brownlee entered the U.S. Air Force from Colorado and served in the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing. On December 24, 1968, he piloted a single-seat F-105D Thunderchief (tail number 62-4234, call sign "Panda 1") as the lead aircraft on a four-plane strike mission against enemy targets in Laos. While making an attack run on an enemy truck, his aircraft was struck by ground fire, and he ejected. The forward air controller (FAC) observed Maj Brownlee's parachute and saw him land in the vicinity of (GC) WD 998 925. Radio contact could not be made with Maj Brownlee after his ejection, and the approaching nightfall prevented immediate search and rescue operations. Subsequent search efforts were unable to recover Maj Brownlee and he remains unaccounted for. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Air Force promoted Major Brownlee to the rank of Colonel (Col). Today, Colonel Brownlee is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. His name is also inscribed along with all his fallen comrades on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.