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EARL THOMAS BROOKE
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 17, 1946 – December 2, 1968
Service recordEarl Thomas Brooke, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Capitol Heights, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 21
- THOMAS WAYNE BLAKESLEESergeant · December 2, 1968
- JONATHAN BROWNCorporal · December 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS BURTONSpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- JESUS ESCAGEDASpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
From Capitol Heights
- ANDREW WINTER YOUNGKIN JRLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- DENNIS DEAN DAVISPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- DALE BRANDENBURGSergeant · February 5, 1973
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.