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HESSIE ALLEN BROOKS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – January 20, 1971
Service recordHessie Allen Brooks, of Lebanon, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Tennessee (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1971, 259 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 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 57
- JAMES FRANKLIN THAMESLieutenant · January 19, 1971
- JAMES RAY GARTENSergeant · January 20, 1971
- TOMMY HUBERT IVEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1971
- ROBERT PAUL MARSDENCorporal · January 20, 1971
From Lebanon
- JAMES EDWARD BUSHSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- CLYDE ANDERSON WARDSergeant First Class · May 21, 1967
- JERRY DAVID LANCASTERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RONNIE CALVIN PRESLEYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- TERRY LEE DILLARDCorporal · July 27, 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.