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CLARENCE HERBERT BROOKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1945 – August 3, 1967
Service recordClarence Herbert Brooks, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 71
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM BISCHOFFCaptain · August 3, 1967
- RONALD LEE BUMPUSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- FREDDIE DON LAWSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE BUMPUSSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 71
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.