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BENJIMAN BROOKS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1935 – November 18, 1965
Service recordBenjiman Brooks, of Stockton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 99
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- September 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 99
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- GORDON PRESTON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD T YOUNGStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.