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DAVID EVERETT BROOKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – January 31, 1969
Service recordDavid Everett Brookins, of Leesburg, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Leesburg, Indiana (Kosciusko County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 24
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLAISPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1969
- RALPH LEIGH BLAUVELTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- BOYCE DALE BURGETTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY DEAN ANTHONYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 23
- IRVIN WILLIS PROSSER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 28
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.