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EDWARD LEROY BROCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1938 – December 21, 1966
Service recordEdward Leroy Brock, of Mt Vernon, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Washington (Skagit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 66
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- BOBBY LEE WADDELLSergeant · December 20, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JACK EVAN BEAMPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SPOTSWOOD DEWITTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 67
- MARVIN THOMAS HUGHESSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 67
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 68
- NORMAN GEORGE TOENNIESSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 69
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 70
From Mt Vernon
- EDWARD JAMES JACOBS JRCommander · August 25, 1967
- STEPHEN BROOKS MURDENFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- RONALD ALBERT GREENWALDSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JAMES DREW SCHMIDTSergeant · July 17, 1970
- DENNIS RICHARD LINNELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 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.