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EDWARD LEE BROCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1945 – May 6, 1968
Service recordEdward Lee Brock, of Florence, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 1
- WAYNE JOSEPH BEDWELLPrivate · May 6, 1968
- DAVID LEE BETEBENNERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · May 6, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- JAMES LEE CLARKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 3
- BRUCE NORMAN HUFFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- ORVAL WADE MCLEARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56E, Line 13
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.