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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Scanlon Brooker.

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DANIEL SCANLON BROOKER

Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 19, 1951 – November 15, 1971

Service record

Daniel Scanlon Brooker, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 67

Position of Panel 2W 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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
September 19, 1951
Home of record
New Smyrna Beach, Florida (Volusia County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 15, 1971
Age
20
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1971; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 67

Same unit, same day

From New Smyrna Beach

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.