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DAVID LEE BROOKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 13, 1949 – July 3, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Brooks, of Greenwood, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 114
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenwood, South Carolina (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 114
- SHERMAN PONDEXTER DAVISCorporal · July 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- DONALD DUANE CAMPBELLCorporal · July 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT STEPHEN UTECHTCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 117
From Greenwood
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY GENE STEVENSONStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1969
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- DANNY ROY MAGAHAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
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.