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GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1950 – September 1, 1969
Service recordGeorge Dewey Brookshire, of Woodland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Woodland, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 19
- LESTER MELVIN CAVALLINTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 1, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS DUNAGANPrivate · September 1, 1969
- BOBBY EDMONSONCorporal · September 1, 1969
From Woodland
- DAVID JOSEPH BOYLESeaman · February 14, 1966
- JAMES GEORGE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 26, 1967
- BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHASTSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS LOUIS ROSSIPrivate · February 14, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 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.