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EVERETT LEWIS BROCKS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1942 – May 5, 1970
Service recordEverett Lewis Brocks, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 99
- PHILLIP CURTIS ADAMSPrivate · May 5, 1970
- HORACE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL BEAUDETTESergeant · May 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS JOHN BRAICOPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1970
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.