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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Brooks Edward Sable.

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BROOKS EDWARD SABLE

Corporal · U.S. Army

September 15, 1947 – June 3, 1969

Service record

Brooks Edward Sable, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 23W · Line 58

Position of Panel 23W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
198 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
September 15, 1947
Home of record
Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 3, 1969
Age
21
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 23W, Line 58

Same unit, same day

From Clarksburg

All 12 names from Clarksburg →

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.